The launch of the first demonstration satellite for the Internet of Things, Marathon-IoT, was postponed due to the need to validate the software and clarify the research program. This was reported by TASS Referring to Roscosmos.
It was noted that when these tasks are resolved, the satellite will be sent into space as a passing payload.
Roscosmos planned to send Marathon-IoT into orbit simultaneously with Meteor-M satellite No. 2-4 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the first quarter of this year.
February 15 reportedIt was announced that the Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-26 cargo ship, which will carry over 2.5 tons of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Nine minutes after liftoff, the rocket launched the spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The docking of the spacecraft with the Zvezda module on the ISS is scheduled for February 17 at 9:12 Moscow time.
Russian scientists before was created Vodka-powered space engines.