New Russian Angara Launcher Will Loft South Korean Satellites

August 03, 2016
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South Korea has selected the new Angara 1.2 rocket to lift a high-resolution radar satellite to low Earth orbit (LEO) in 2020, a deal that marks the first commercial contract for Russia’s next-generation light launcher. Under the terms of an agreement with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute...

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