Russian rocket launcher Soyuz carries 6 satellites

A Russian Soyuz rocket on December 16 left the launch pad at the European space base in French Guiana, carrying six low orbit satellites for the military and defense industries, according to AFP .

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This is the second time a Soyuz missile leaving the launch platform outside Russia's space base is the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia and Russia's Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.

Earlier, the first launch of the Soyuz rocket made in French Guiana was on October 21 with Russia cooperating with Europe, bringing two satellites of Europe's Galileo global positioning system into orbit. .

These six launch satellites with a total weight of 2.2 tons, including France's Pleiades 1 satellite, can capture 3D Earth images; Four satellites ELISA also of the French army and SSOT satellites observe the Earth with a resolution of 1.45m of the Chilean army.