All small spacecraft arrived at Vostochny for the upcoming launch
MOSCOW, June 8. – All small spacecraft to be launched as a rideshare payload with the Meteor-M No. 2-3 satellite as the main payload have arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The designers and manufacturers of the CubeSats will get them ready for the upcoming launch with the assistance of the representatives of the Roscosmos enterprises.
The spacecraft were delivered to Ignatievo Airport (Blagoveshchensk, Russia’s Far East), from where the specialists of Glavkosmos JSC (part of Roscosmos) transported them to the cosmodrome.
The preparation of their upcoming launch onboard the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage will begin shortly.
As part of the contractual relationship between Glavkosmos and the Foundation for the Promotion of Innovations, 16 educational university CubeSats of the Space PI project will be launched under the 'Planet Attendant' program.
Nine SmallSats will be launched within the Roscosmos UniverSat program for launching small spacecraft for educational and scientific purposes.
Seventeen more small spacecraft will be launched as a rideshare payload for the benefit of Russian and foreign commercial customers.
Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) is the main integrator of the works and the launch service provider in the project of launching rideshare payloads. In total, 42 small spacecraft will be launched as a rideshare payload.
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Since May 2021, Glavkosmos has been the official operator of Roscosmos trademarks.
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