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Russia sent 53 satellites into orbit with a record launch (video)

Posted on by L. Dreeye
Russia sent 53 satellites into orbit with a record launch (video)

On Monday (November 4), Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit, consisting of both Russian and international spacecraft.

Aircraft carrier Soyuz-2.1b. rocket The Fregat upper stage lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East at 6:18 pm EST on Monday (11:18 pm GMT; or 2:18 am on November 5 local time).

“The deployed payload consists of 49 Russian satellitesThe Russian-Chinese satellite, the Russian-Zimbabwean satellite and two Iranian small satellites were delivered to their assigned orbits and separated from the Fregat launch vehicle launched today by the Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome,” the Russian space agency said. Roscosmos This is stated in a report by the Russian state news agency TASS. reported.

The rocket takes off near launch complexes and high lightning rods.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches 53 small satellites into orbit from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on November 4, 2024. (Image credit: Roscosmos)

Roscosmos said that the 51 domestic satellites on board became a national record, TASS reports. Other rockets launched more payloads in a single pass. The overall record belongs to SpaceXwhich launched 143 satellites on one Falcon 9 rocket in January 2021.