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Soyuz-ST To Be Launched From French Guiana In First Half Of 2009

The Kourou launch site is intended mainly for the launch of geostationary satellites.
by Staff Writers
 Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 24, 2008
 The first Soyuz-ST carrier rocket will be launched from French Guiana in the first half of 2009, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday, citing the French satellite launch firm Arianespace CEO.

A Russian launch pad is currently being built at the Kourou space center in French Guiana as part of a recent contract between Roscosmos and Arianespace.

"The Russian team of specialists will arrive at Kourou in August. The construction work for a launch pad for Soyuz rockets that the French side was to carry out has been completed," Jean-Yves Le Galle said.

The Kourou launch site is intended mainly for the launch of geostationary satellites. Its close proximity to the equator will enable the Soyuz-ST to put into orbit heavier satellites than from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and Plesetsk in northern Russia.

Under a contract signed last June with Arianespace, the Soyuz will have a separate launch pad near Sinnamari, a village 10 kilometers (six miles) north of the site used for the Ariane-5, the main European-made booster.

Launches of Soyuz spacecraft are a key part of the Russian-French space exploration program.

Source: RIA Novosti

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