Soyuz-2.1b launcher with 34 British OneWeb communication satellites & nbsp; was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, TASS reports.
Currently the upper floor “ Fregat & # 39; & # 39; with spacecraft separated from the third stage of the rocket.
The launch of the satellites is expected to take three & nbsp; hours and 45 minutes. They will be separated into several stages.
This is the first launch of OneWeb satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this year. It is expected to bring the number of British company spacecraft in orbit to 288.
Recall that the Soyuz-2.1b rocket was due to leave the cosmodrome last Friday at 1:23 a.m. Moscow time. However, 40 seconds before launch, an automatic cancellation occurred due to abnormal operation of one of the ground complex valves.
Earlier it was also reported that the launch of the Russian automatic station Luna-25; has been postponed to May 2022.