Due to bad weather conditions, the mobile team of the Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Operations Center, a subsidiary of Roscosmos, was unable to immediately begin searching for the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle’s separator parts in the impact zones. Amur Region. About this agency interfax It was reported to the Zeya district administration.
It was impossible to use helicopters for searches due to rain and low clouds. The district administration noted that for the same reasons it was not possible to visually observe the fall of the side blocks of the rocket, but only audible. Taking into account the weather forecast, the helicopter’s departure is tentatively scheduled at 08:00 Moscow time.
Earlier, it was reported that at 00:14 Moscow time from the Vostochny cosmodrome, the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage launched the Kondor-FKA satellite, designed for radar remote sensing of the Earth in all weather conditions, into orbit. According to Roskosmos, the method of launching the satellite into orbit worked normally. The launch of the second satellite will take place in 2024. The third and fourth satellites should be put into orbit by 2029-2030.
Source: Gazeta
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