GLONASS
Three GLONASS Birds One Step Closer to September Launch
August 23, 2010News courtesy of CANSPACE Listserve.
The three GLONASS-M satellites to be launched on September 2 have successfully undergone pre-launch testing, and have been mated to the Blok DM-2 upper stage of the launch rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome (see photo). The satellites (no. 36, 37, and 38) will constitute the GLONASS Block 42 triad. Block 1, a single-satellite, was launched on October 12, 1982.
The Block 42 payload fairing was attached on August 20.
Launch time on September 2 is 00:53:43 UTC.
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