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Moscow (SPX) Sep 27, 2005 The launch of a Kosmos-3 booster from Russia's northern cosmodrome Plesetsk has been postponed from September 30 to a later date, reports Itar-Tass. The chief of the press service of Space Troops, Colonel Alexei Kuznetsov, told Itar-Tass on Monday that the launch was put off until October because of a delay in the manufacture of Iran's satellite Sina-1 that will be a part of the payload of Mozhyets-5 satellite. The manufacturer of the Iranian satellite is Omsk's company Polyot. Kuznetsov said that Kosmos-3 is to deliver into orbit Mozhayets and five remote probing satellites designed by the British company SSTI. Mozhayets will be a main payload. The launch of the research satellite that was developed in the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy was initially planned for August, but it was postponed because it was not ready. Mozhayets is to replace similar satellites whose operation life has ended. Possibilities of a long-range optical laser communications line will be checked and effects of space radiation on microelectronics examined using the satellite. It is also planned to use Mozhayets-5 in the educational process, Kuznetsov said. The payment for the launch of the foreign satellites is to partially go into the reconstruction of hotel Zarya and the city of Mirny. Foreign specialists engaged in future space projects will live in it. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
CryoSat Launch Will Be Blast From The Cold War Past
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 26, 2005CryoSat's 8 October flight atop its Rockot launcher will be of historical significance in more ways than one. In a striking juxtaposition of new and old, the ESA ice satellite mated to a newly-finished Breeze-KM upper stage will be hauled most of the way to orbit by a vintage SS-19 two-stage rocket, first assembled two decades ago to serve as a weapon of nuclear war.
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