Russia To Launch Soyuz-2.1a Carrier Rocket On December 25 - Source

Daniyal Sohail Published November 09, 2018 | 11:09 PM

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East is scheduled for early hours of December 25, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik on Friday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th November, 2018) The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East is scheduled for early hours of December 25, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik on Friday.

"The launch of the Soyuz-2.

1a carrier rocket with the Fregat booster is scheduled for 5.07 am Moscow time [02:07 GMT] on December 25. Two Russian Earth-remote sensing satellites Kanopus-V No. 5 and Kanopus-V No. 6 are expected to be launched into orbit," the source said.

"About three dozen nanosatellites, mainly of the CubeSat type, are also expected to be launched," he added.