“Soyuz” with the satellite Hispasat has successfully launched from Kourou – Вести.Ru

From Kourou in French Guiana successfully launched the Russian carrier rocket “Soyuz-ST-B” with the Spanish satellite Hispasat 36W-1 on Board.

the Launch took place at 22:03 local time (04:03 Moscow time). The live broadcast of the launch led to its website, the company-operator of the spaceport with Arianespace. A little more than half an hour after launch, the satellite must separate from the carrier.

the Customer of this launch, the Spanish company Hispasat, reports RIA Novosti. The spacecraft Hispasat 36W-1 manufacturing company ohb System is designed to provide a wide range of telecommunications services for Europe, the Canary Islands and South America. The total weight of the payload aboard the launch vehicle amounted to 3.34 tons.

the Guiana space center, European spaceport located near Kourou, French Guiana — Department of France in South America. Its location near the equator provides a 15% advantage in payload compared with the runs in an easterly direction with the American launch site at Cape Canaveral and 40% — launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Since the early 70-ies of the last century Kourou spaceport used for space launches by launch vehicle family Ariane. The cosmodrome has been used to promote a joint European space programs.