The Russian upper stage " Fregat ", which is stored at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, have identified a leak of toxic fuel, said Last news Ombudsman of the press service of the Roscosmos.
He drew attention that the leadership of NPO Lavochkin, the organization "glavkosmos" and TsENKI working to organise departure of experts to the area to assess the situation and to take the necessary measures, their arrival is expected in early summer.
According to the messenger, " Roscosmos ", the "Frigate" is posted on the storage room that meets all international safety standards, and environmental among them, and no danger to employees and natural factors.
Start of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-ST-A" with the satellite UAE Falcon Eye-2 was scheduled for early March, but it was postponed due to issues With the " Frigate ". The unit for acceleration had to be replaced.
However, in mid-March, the Kourou space centre is currently closed due to pandemic coronavirus. Experts of NPO Lavochkin leaked fuel from the "Frigate" and at the end of April I returned home.
according to the source Last news in the aerospace industry, the launch is scheduled for 1 October.
Since October 2011 From Kourou took place on 23 launch of Russian rocket " Soyuz ". In the process one of them in the last month of summer 2014 because of the disaster "Frigate" European navigation satellites Galileo were launched into an unplanned orbit.
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