Russia successfully launched 11 satellites from Vostochny space airport

The Russian space agency Roscosmos said on February 1 it successfully launched 11 satellites from Vostochny space airport.

This is the third time Russia has launched a satellite from the new space airport, in which Soyuz boosters carry two satellites to spy on Russian Earth and nine US and German satellites into orbit.

This is the third time Russia has launched a satellite from this new space airport.(Artwork: phys.org).

Earlier, in November 2017, Russia launched a series of satellites from the Russian cosmopolitan airport but failed, in which Russia's Meteor weather satellite was lost for several hours after the launch. up. In addition, 18 satellites from companies and organizations in Canada, USA, Japan, Germany, Sweden and Norway also lost contact. Russian officials said the cause of this failure is due to programming errors.

The first half-day launch is scheduled to take place in December 2017, but has been postponed due to the November incident.

In late December 2017, Russia lost contact with Angola's first national telecommunications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but resumed communication a few days later.

The first launch from Vostochny space airport took place in April 2016 with the supervision of President Vladimir Putin. This is an important development for Russia's aerospace industry with the new space airport introduced to mark the revival of the industry.