Source: launch of "Satan" with the Korean satellite is scheduled for March 12
Launch rocket RS-20B "Dnepr" ( "Satan" in NATO classification) Ukrainian development With the South Korean communications satellite positioning area "Dombrowski" the Orenburg region is scheduled for 12 March, said Last news source in the space industry.
"The launch was scheduled for 12th March number ", - said the head of the Department.
first it was announced that the Government of the Russian Federation has allowed the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation to run the booster RS-20B WITH the South Korean satellite. Along With this, soon starts conversion boosters of this type of commercial satellites on the program of the joint venture Kosmotras stopped for a while for an indefinite period, confirmed Last news in the Russian Federal space Agency.
Project commercial launches of carrier rockets of this type are suspended, the prospects of this program will be determined, said Last news in early February, the news is official authorized Roscosmos.
Dnipro is a three-stage liquid-propellant rocket, the first and second stages which are standard steps Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-20 (SS-18 "Satan" in NATO classification).
Modernization developed in Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine) missiles RS-20B in the carrier rocket "Dnepr" is carried out by the Company Kosmotras. Launches are carried out From the cosmodrome "Baikonur" and "Clear" position area of Dabrowskiego connection of the strategic missile forces. Since 1999, the 20 successful launches of carrier rockets of this type.