Russia launches 4 satellites with Soyuz-2 rocket from Vostochny
Russia yesterday successfully launched four satellites from its Vostochny spaceport, using its Soyuz-2 rocket.
Three satellites were part of Russia’s data relay satellite constellation, and one was the first test satellite of Russia’s proposed low Earth orbit broadband constellation, comparable to Starlink.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
48 SpaceX
45 China
17 Russia
8 Rocket Lab
7 ULA
American private enterprise still leads China 68 to 45 in the national rankings, but trails the world combined 71 to 68.
Russia yesterday successfully launched four satellites from its Vostochny spaceport, using its Soyuz-2 rocket.
Three satellites were part of Russia’s data relay satellite constellation, and one was the first test satellite of Russia’s proposed low Earth orbit broadband constellation, comparable to Starlink.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
48 SpaceX
45 China
17 Russia
8 Rocket Lab
7 ULA
American private enterprise still leads China 68 to 45 in the national rankings, but trails the world combined 71 to 68.