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Start of the space meteoscout is postponed exactly for days for technical reasons. A situation for space departments of the world typical, by a principle: seven times measure.... / September 17, 2009 /

Start of a rocket «Sojuz» from the cosmodrome Baikonur is postponed for technical reasons for today. It is planned that the rocket should put into orbit a space apparatus «the Meteor-M» intended for operative reception global hydrometeorological and heliophysical to the information with a view of weather forecast and radiating conditions.

Together with it into an orbit it is planned to deduce 5 space apparatus. A part from them educational («UgatuSat», «Universitetskij-Tatjana-2»). Space apparatus for definition of co-ordinates of sea disaster sea, air and overland objects («Sterh»), demonstration experiment with pneumatic curable designs («Iris»), for the decision of scientific problems in the field of geophysics and geodynamics, high-precision measurement and forecasting of orbits of space vehicles («Blitz») are besides deduced by a rocket. The special customer – the republic of South Africa. In its interests it is planned to deduce space apparatus ZA-002 which will spend remote sounding of the Earth, monitoring of a surface of southern areas of Africa.

Among customers – the Moscow State University, Roskosmos, the Ufa state aviation-technological university, the International service laser ranging, NPO of S.A.Lavochkina, the International scientific and technical centre.

In expectation of start of a space apparatus «Meteor-M» the cosmodrome Baikonur and first of all FGUP «NPP VNIIEM of A.G.Iosifjana» — the organisation the manufacturer of the meteoscout — the main space apparatus of this start-up. Weight of the apparatus of 2755 kg.

Source: www.roscosmos.ru

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