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Photos: Russia’s iconic Soyuz booster fires away from jungle launch pad

April 26, 2016 Stephen Clark

Five satellites rode a Soyuz booster into orbit Monday from French Guiana, and these spectacular photos from Europe’s tropical spaceport show the legendary rocket’s fiery departure from the edge of the lush Amazon jungle.

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Soyuz blasts off with environmental satellite, general relativity probe

April 26, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Russian Soyuz rocket fired off a launch pad in French Guiana Monday evening with satellite missions to monitor Earth’s environment, test Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and inspire the next generation of space engineers.

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Snapshots: Soyuz takes off

April 25, 2016 Justin Ray

A Russian-made Soyuz rocket was launched from Europe’s space base in French Guiana on Monday at 2102 GMT (6:02 p.m. local; 5:02 p.m. EDT) with the Sentinel 1B environmental satellite.

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Balky navigation unit prompts rare Soyuz launch scrub

April 24, 2016 Stephen Clark

Russian rocket technicians planned to swap out a failed inertial measurement unit inside a Soyuz rocket overnight Sunday after a failure in the navigation system forced officials to abort the booster’s planned launch of five satellites from French Guiana.

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Live coverage: Soyuz soars into space on its fourth launch attempt

April 22, 2016 Stephen Clark

After replacing a faulty inertial measurement system blamed for a scrubbed launch attempt Sunday, a Soyuz rocket headed to space from French Guiana today with five satellites, including the next spacecraft for Europe’s multibillion-dollar Earth observing network and a French experiment to probe the validity of Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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Five European satellites ready for Soyuz flight to custom orbits

April 22, 2016 Stephen Clark

The term “direct flight” will go to new heights Friday with a four-hour flight by a Soyuz rocket and its Fregat upper stage to deliver five satellites to three distinct orbital destinations hundreds of miles above Earth.

News Headlines

  • New Falcon 9 booster makes its debut on Starlink delivery mission
    May 20, 2025
  • SpaceX scrubs Monday night Falcon 9 launch minutes before liftoff
    May 19, 2025
  • Department of the Air Force issues draft documents for new SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base
    May 19, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of the year during Friday morning mission
    May 16, 2025
  • Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness
    May 14, 2025
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