Arianespace, a French commercial space transportation company, made a recent announcement that the Soyuz launch vehicle successfully sent its 1801st flight into space. The launch took place on Friday, March 29, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:43 Moscow time.
As the third Soyuz family mission for this year, Arianespace together with its Russian associates reported that the Soyuz TMA-08M manned transport spacecraft was placed accurately on its intended orbit for yet another mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
After the introduction of Soyuz at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) two years ago, the famed Russian medium-class launch vehicle instantly became an essential part of the European launch vehicle fleet, along with the lightweight Vega and heavy-lift Ariane 5. Offered to the commercial market, the French Guiana Soyuz is said to be Europe’s reference medium-class launch vehicle for commercial and governmental missions.
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