"Union" in GKC ': starting campaign began

Currently in the assembly and testing facility conducted by specialists of enterprises of Roskosmos electrical and pnevmovakuumnye test with the upper stage «Fregat».

The launch vehicle «Soyuz-ST» with the spacecraft «Galileo M1» is scheduled for October 20 this year.

The three-stage rocket «Soyuz-ST» is a modification of missiles such as the «Soyuz», developed in «TsSKB-Progress» under the «Union of EGC.» At present there are four EGC «Soyuz-ST», which brought from Russian to French Guiana in 2009 and 2011.

In spring 2011, successfully performed ground-based launch complex skills «Union» with the conduct of the «dry removal» and the ceremony of transfer of «keys» to run complex «Soyuz» responsible operator — JSC «Arianespace.»

Press Service of the Russian Space Agency

Source: www.roscosmos.ru