The space industry of Russia announced that the country is going to launch 40 satellites into orbit from 18 different countries of the world in March 2021.
Highlights
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The satellites will be launched using the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket.
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It was also informed in the November 2020 that the space industry will blast off the Soyuz-2.1 on March 20, 2021.
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Soyuz 2.1 is a carrier rocket with the Fregat booster.
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It will be blast off with the South Korean Compact Advanced Satellite 500 space vehicle called CAS500-1.
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Payloads from 18 countries will also be launched into orbit along with Soyuz 2.1 and CAS500-1.
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However, the list of the satellites is not yet finalised.
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The Soyuz-2.1 payload will launch satellites from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Japan,South Korea, UAE, Israel, Thailand, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Hungary, Argentina, Netherland, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.