Today, April 26, 2021, at 01:14 Moscow time, took place the eighth launch from the Russian cosmodrome East. From the starting complex “Soyuz” performed a successful launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier missile with the Frigate accelerated block and 36 Space devices of OneWeb. 562.1 seconds, the head part in the regular mode was separated from the third stage of the carrier and continued the autonomous flight.
The sequential separation of the nine groups of spacecraft from the Russian acceleration unit passed according to the laid fiber cyclogram. In total, during the mission for almost four hours, eleven active sections were provided: three inclusions of the marching motor installation (last – in order to deliver an acceleration unit to the so-called “orbit”) and eight inclusions of the motor installation of POPs required for the safe compartment and Differences of ONEWeb devices.
All satellites in normal mode are derived to target orbits and are taken under the management of the customer. After the completion of the breeding and separation of spacecraft, the overclocking unit “Frigate” will be reduced from the orbit, and the non-aggravated elements flood in the non-heated part of the Pacific Ocean. This launch was sixth in the framework of the OneWeb launcher.
Starting day on East space. View from different angles