Contents tagged with Vostochny Cosmodrome
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Russia blames ‘mix-up of space launch sites’ for the recent failure during its Soyuz rocket launch
The Soyuz-2.1b rocket that fell in the Atlantic Ocean soon after launch, drowning all 19 satellites, was, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, “adjusted for Baikonur.” That is, the data fed into the launch system was based on the assumption that the Soyuz-2.1b would be launched from the Baikonur space launch site, which is in neighboring Kazakhstan, while in fact the rocket was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region.
“The launch was adjusted for …
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Builders of the Vostochny Cosmodrome go on hunger strike in Russia
Six employees of the Main Military Construction Department No. 6 (formerly Dalspetsstroy of Russia), which built the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Khabarovsk, have launched a hunger strike beginning October 13.
The builders are demanding payment for outstanding wages that they have not received since April, writes local newspaper Vostok-Media.
The employees notified law enforcement, as well as supervisory bodies and the management of the company, of the protest in advance.
"Pavel Buianovsky, …