EXOLAUNCHEXOLAUNCH is proud to be supporting our national space research, academic institutions and newspace startups with launch services and mission technical support. Ten German smallsats will be launched aboard a July 5th Soyuz...the largest cluster of German small satellites!Seven universities satellites on this launch are funded and supported by Deutsches Zentrum fόr Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), including: -SONATE 3U (The Julius Maximilians University of Wόrzburg)-BeeSat-9 1U and BeeSat-10,11,12,13 4x0,25U Cubesat (Technical University Berlin)-MOVE-IIb (Technical University Munich)Three commercial satellites on this launch were developed by German Orbital Systems GmbH (GOS, Berlin) for European and Asian customers as well as for the demonstration of the companys new technology. -EXOCONNECT 3U Cubesat (GOS)-LightSat 3U Cubesat (GOS / iSky Technology s.r.o., Prague)-JAISAT-1 3U Cubesat (GOS / RAST-NBTC Thailand)
GK Launch Services @gk_launchIntegration of the Soyuz-2.1b Upper Composite comprising Fregat Upper Stage, Russian Meteor-M 2-2 satellite and 32 piggyback spacecraft was completed at the LV AITB of the Vostochny Cosmodrome. #GKlaunch #Soyuz
27 June 201932 SMALL SPACECRAFT ARE READY FOR THE LAUNCH FROM VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME AS SECONDARY PAYLOADSOn June 27, integration of the Upper Composite of Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle comprised of the Fregat upper stage, Russian satellite Meteor-M 2-2 and 32 secondary payload spacecraft was completed at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the LV Assembly Integration and Test Building with participation of specialists of JSC GK Launch Services, JSC Glavkosmos, and foreign customers.Under the contracts between a customer from Germany, Exolaunch GmbH and JSC Glavkosmos, 28 satellites will be launched in the interests of Germany, France, USA, Israel, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, Thailand, Ecuador, the Czech Republic and Estonia.Under the contract between JSC GK Launch Services and the British company SSTL, a technology demonstration satellite will be launched.Besides, within the framework of the Roscosmos State Corporations program for the development and launch of small satellites designed by Russian universities, along with the Meteor-M 2-2, the carrier rocket will orbit three Russian research and education CubeSats Socrat, AmurSat and VDNH-80 built at Russian universities.
GK Launch Services @gk_launchThe Soyuz-2.1b LV with the Meteor-M satellite and 32 small satellites was transported to the launch pad and is getting ready for the launch scheduled for July 5 at 08:41:46 Moscow time from the Vostochny cosmodrome 🇷🇺🚀
Can we confirm if this will be a live webcast or not?
In addition, Glavkosmos had a contract with the British company SSTL to launch the Demonstration of Technology mission, DoT-1, which was designed to test new components for prospective satellites, the company's representative told RussianSpaceWeb.com .