A Soyuz booster rocket with the first new generation GLONASS satellite will soar aloft from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on Thursday, Russian news agency, Itar-Tass, reported. “The launch of the medium-class Soyuz 2.1b booster rocket with the Fregat acceleration unit and a new generation GLONASS-K spacecraft is scheduled for 06:15, Moscow time,” a Space Troops official told Itar-Tass. Read More
