Russia On Pace for Lowest Number of Launches in 6 Decades Written 16 August 2024
Russian 3-stage Proton rocket. | NASA
Ars Technica reports, “A Progress cargo supply spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Thursday, local time. The mission was successful, and Russia has launched hundreds of these spacecraft before. So it wasn't all that big of a deal, except for one small detail: This was just Russia's ninth orbital launch of the year. At this pace, it appears that the country's space program is on pace for the fewest number of Russian or Soviet space launches in a year since 1961.”
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