{"id":94434,"date":"2011-05-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-04T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T00:00:00","slug":"soyuz-is-put-through-its-paces-in-a-%c2%93virtual%c2%94-mission-from-the-spaceport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=94434","title":{"rendered":"SOYUZ IS PUT THROUGH ITS PACES IN A \u0093VIRTUAL\u0094 MISSION FROM THE SPACEPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"

A highly realistic simulated launch of Soyuz from French Guiana today marked a major step closer to this medium-lift launcher’s service introduction with Arianespace. Making a “virtual” liftoff at 4:00 p.m. local time, the simulation reproduced a nominal 30-minute flight of Soyuz, concluding with a representative deployment of a 2,570 kg. broadband services relay satellite into geostationary transfer orbit. The first real Soyuz flight from the Spaceport is planned later this year. The Russian-built launcher will join Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 and the lightweight Vega, creating a family of vehicles operating at French Guiana.<\/p>\n

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A highly realistic simulated launch of Soyuz from French Guiana today marked a major step closer to this medium-lift launcher’s service introduction with Arianespace. Making a “virtual” liftoff at 4:00 p.m. local time, the simulation reproduced a nominal 30-minute flight of Soyuz, concluding with a representative deployment of a 2,570 kg. broadband services relay satellite into geostationary transfer orbit. The first real Soyuz flight from the Spaceport is planned later this year. The Russian-built launcher will join Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 and the lightweight Vega, creating a family of vehicles operating at French Guiana.<\/p>\n

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