The carrier rocket " Dnepr " spacecraft " ASNARO and four microsatellites started on Thursday morning with a starting base " Clear " in the Orenburg region, said the organization Kosmotras. " All space devices were brought to the settlement orbit, " said Commissioner of the company, quoted by TASS. According to Roscosmos, just this year, the program " Dnipro " is expected to spend 3 launch. At the launch of the carrier rocket " Dnepr " was held in November last year, then she launched into earth orbit by a few foreign spacecraft for various purposes. The conversion program " Dnipro ", developed in the 1990s at the initiative of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, involves the application removed from combat duty ICBM SS-20 spacecraft launches. The runs are performed from the Baikonur cosmodrome and position area Jasnensky connection of the Russian strategic missile forces. The carrier rocket " Dnepr " - a three-stage, liquid. The first and the second steps are the standard steps of ICBM SS-20. Launch mass of Dnipro - 210 tons.
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