Russia Orbits First Sfera Constellation Satellite
A Soyuz launch.
Credit: Arianespace
Roscosmos Space Corp. has launched the first satellite of Russia’s new Sfera multisatellite communication and Earth observation constellation. The Skif-D spacecraft was sent to orbit atop a Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift rocket from Vostochny spaceport on Russia’s Far East on Oct. 22. In about 4 hr., a...
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