Soyuz Launches 38 Commercial Satellites, Including Debris Removal Mission

Maxim Pyadushkin March 22, 2021
Soyuz 2.1a lifts off on its first all-commercial mission.
Credit: Roscosmos
MOSCOW—After a two-day delay to conduct additional ground equipment checks, a Soyuz 2.1a rocket flew through clouds above the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 2:07 a.m. EDT on March 22 on Russia’s first fully commercial launch this year. The three-stage launch vehicle bore an unusual livery—Soyuz...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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