Dnepr missiles have been successfully launched

On April 17, a Dnepr rocket left the Baikonur space airport carrying 16 foreign satellites, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia. This was the first flight of the Dnepr missile after the failed launch on July 27, 2006.

According to the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos), the launch of this missile was carried out under favorable conditions, the satellites separated from the missile at 11:00 am (Moscow time) as planned. ant.

EgypSat satellites, Saudi Arabia's six satellites (SaoudiSat-3 satellites and five satellites of SaudiComSat system) have been put into orbit with the small P-Pod satellites and 7 CubeSat satellites of universities. Initially the launch was scheduled for March 27 but was delayed on April 17 due to technical issues related to boosters.

On July 27, 2006, Dnepr missiles were dropped, causing 18 satellites to be destroyed, including Belka of Belarus, Russian Baourmanets and many foreign satellites.

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