Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites
Capitalism in space: A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket today launched another 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit, lifting off from Russia’s Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan.
This year, a total of five OneWeb missions were launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia, and another two launched from Baikonur. Vostochny is the newest cosmodrome for Russia, while Baikonur is the oldest and originated from the Soviet era.
There was also one launch from French Guiana.
The leaders in the 2021 launch race:
50 China
31 SpaceX
23 Russia
7 Europe (Arianespace)
This was the 132nd successful launch this year, which now ties 2021 with 1975 as the most active year in rocketry since Sputnik. With a possible launches from China (Long March 3B) and Russia (a tentatively scheduled test launch of its Angara rocket today), there is a good chance 2021 will become the most active year ever.
Most important, this activity is only a precursor. Next year should see even more activity.
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Capitalism in space: A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket today launched another 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit, lifting off from Russia’s Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan.
This year, a total of five OneWeb missions were launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia, and another two launched from Baikonur. Vostochny is the newest cosmodrome for Russia, while Baikonur is the oldest and originated from the Soviet era.
There was also one launch from French Guiana.
The leaders in the 2021 launch race:
50 China
31 SpaceX
23 Russia
7 Europe (Arianespace)
This was the 132nd successful launch this year, which now ties 2021 with 1975 as the most active year in rocketry since Sputnik. With a possible launches from China (Long March 3B) and Russia (a tentatively scheduled test launch of its Angara rocket today), there is a good chance 2021 will become the most active year ever.
Most important, this activity is only a precursor. Next year should see even more activity.
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China could easily pull of a launch. If I could teach Nick Saban how to speak Mandarin-and cloned a billion more just like him-that’s what China is-and that should scare you.