{"id":247964,"date":"2011-03-31T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=205c6aaf7352f7337d0341d3ff90ccd6"},"modified":"2011-03-31T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T00:00:00","slug":"processing-is-underway-for-globalstars-second-generation-satellites-to-be-launched-by-soyuz-in-may-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=247964","title":{"rendered":"Processing is underway for Globalstar&#8217;s second-generation satellites to be launched by Soyuz in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The six Globalstar second-generation satellites to be orbited by Arianespace&#8217;s next Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome are well advanced in their preparations as activities continue for the liftoff during May.<\/p>\n<p>In a phased process, these 700-kg.-class spacecraft are proceeding through electrical and propulsion system checks, pressurization, fueling and weighing \u2013 readying them for integration on a conical-shaped dispenser that subsequently will be installed on the Soyuz launcher.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Arianespace\/~4\/LlqByXEK5U8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The six Globalstar second-generation satellites to be orbited by Arianespace&#8217;s next Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome are well advanced in their preparations as activities continue for the liftoff during May.<\/p>\n<p>In a phased process, these 700-kg.-class spacecraft are proceeding through electrical and propulsion system checks, pressurization, fueling and weighing &ndash; readying them for integration on a conical-shaped dispenser that subsequently will be installed on the Soyuz launcher.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=LlqByXEK5U8:42HBBYBY1FA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Arianespace\/~4\/LlqByXEK5U8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Arianespace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247965,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247964\/revisions\/247965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}