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Space

The 1st 2 Soyuz Launchers Arrive in French Guiana

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Monday, December 7th, 2009

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Arianespace recently has marked a historic milestone with the arrival of its first two Soyuz launchers in French Guiana, which will be used to inaugurate service with this medium-lift workhorse vehicle next year from the Spaceport. The Soyuz 2-1a launchers were carried aboard the MN Colibri roll-on/roll-off transport ship, which docked on schedule Nov. 23 at Pariacabo port near Kourou after completing the transatlantic crossing from St. Petersburg, Russia. Unloading operations at Pariacabo started with refined kerosene propellant for the…

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