Sunday, December 5, 2021, at 03:19:20 Moscow time, the joint settlements of Russian and European specialists have completed the launch of the Soyuz-St-B support missile with an “Frigate” overclocking unit and Galileo Foc navigation spacecraft . For 2021, this start became the 21st launch of Russian space missiles and the first from the Gwiang Space Center.
9 minutes after the start, the head unit in the overclocking unit and two devices in the regular mode separated from the third stage of the carrier. The dispersed block “Frigate” has begun to perform its flight task.
Roskosmos State Corporation is responsible for the implementation of the program “Union” in the Gwiang Space Center “, which in 2021 noted his ten-year anniversary, from the Russian side and coordinates work with domestic enterprises of the rocket and space industry, involved in the program. Head Contract The integrator of the enterprises of Russian cooperation in this project is the company “Glavkosmos” (part of the state corporation “Roscosmos”), providing interaction with Arianespace.
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The Soyuz-St-Staja rocket was developed at the Progress Rocket and Space Center (Samara, is part of the Roskosmos State Corporation) on the basis of the Soyuz-2 missile. It is intended to ensure the launches of spacecraft from the Gwiang Space Center cosmodrome (French Guiana). This rocket is adapted to the requirements of the CCC in terms of security, telecision systems and operating conditions. In addition, it is equipped with the relevant international requirements of the head fairing type “ST”, which, combined with the use of an accelerated block of the Fregat family, will ensure a wide range of payloads to the orbit.
Glavkosmos is a subsidiary of Roscosmos State Corporation. The main task of the company is to promote the achievements of the Russian rocket and space industry to world markets and management of comprehensive international projects. For more than a thirty-five-year-old history of the company, more than 140 international contracts have been successfully implemented, including more than 170 spacecraft are launched as a passing payload. Since May 2021, Glavkosmos is an official operator of Roskosmos trademarks.