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Rokot space launch from Plesetsk postponed by two weeks – ministry

BULLETIN RELEASED: 7/07/12 7:10AM GMT

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Moscow, July 7 (Interfax) – The Rokot carrier rocket with a cluster of satellites will be launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome (in the Arkhangelsk region) in late July, Aerospace Defense Troops spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax-AVN on Friday.

“The state commission has decided to postpone the launch of the Rokot rocket with four satellites by two weeks. It will happen in late July,” Zolotukhin said, without saying what caused the delay.

[RU SCI PRO]

09:10:07 EET-2

Rokot space launch from Plesetsk postponed by two weeks – ministry

BULLETIN RELEASED: 7/07/12 7:10AM GMT

RUSSIA-SPACE-ROCKET-DELAY

Moscow, July 7 (Interfax) – The Rokot carrier rocket with a cluster of satellites will be launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome (in the Arkhangelsk region) in late July, Aerospace Defense Troops spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax-AVN on Friday.

“The state commission has decided to postpone the launch of the Rokot rocket with four satellites by two weeks. It will happen in late July,” Zolotukhin said, without saying what caused the delay.

[RU SCI PRO]

09:10:07 EET-2

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