British OneWeb communications satellites launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome have been launched into target orbits. This is stated on the Twitter page of & nbsp; Roscosmos.
“The sequential separation of nine groups of spacecraft from the Russian upper stage took place in accordance with the cyclogram”, & ndash; follows from the message.
Thus, the total number of British company spacecraft in orbit rose to 394 units.
Soyuz-2.1b launcher; with 36 communication satellites on board OneWeb was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 27. & nbsp; It was the first launch & nbsp; with so many British satellites, & nbsp; before the rocket orbit a maximum of 34 vehicles.
In the meantime, it was known that the first two Russian navigation satellites of the new generation “ Glonass-K2 & # 39; & # 39; will be launched into orbit in the second and third quarters of next year.