WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 satellites in a launch commemorating Gagarin’s historic space flight
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrier with 36 satellites created by UK firm OneWeb onboard has successfully blasted off Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. The satellites are set to expand the global internet coverage.
The rocket took off at 7.14 a.m. local time (2214 GMT) on Sunday. The launch went without a hitch, with all the rocket's stages detaching according to the schedule. The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin later confirmed that all 36 satellites successfully separated from the carrier.
“The mission is successful. Congratulations!” Rogozin tweeted.
Отделены ещё 8 КА "Ван Вэб" (всего отделено 36 КА).
Миссия успешна. Поздравляю! pic.twitter.com/M07wz1H2VG
OneWeb also confirmed that all its satellites have been on the way to their operational orbit, adding that they will provide more details about their final position as soon they recieve signals from the satellites.
Our final separation is complete and all satellites have been successfully released 👏. We will be back with further updates as we await signal acquisition from the satellites.
Earlier this month, OneWeb said that it will be dedicating the launch to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s landmark trip around Earth, celebrated on April 12th.
“We’re commemorating this achievement by revealing that we’re marking our 6th Launch with Yuri Gagarin on the mission patch,” the company revealed in a Twitter post.
This week is the 60th Anniversary of the Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit of the earth 👨🚀 🚀 We’re commemorating this achievement by revealing that we’re marking our 6th Launch with Yuri Gagarin on the mission patch.#OneWeb#OneWebLaunch#satcompic.twitter.com/7iKK0wmBZQ
Sunday's launch is the sixth time a Russian Soyuz rocket orbited satellites for OneWeb as part of an ambitious project to put a constellation of 650 satellites into space to improve global internet coverage.
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