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March 19, 2013

Russia Delays New Soyuz Launch
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 19, 2013
The first launch of Russia's new Soyuz-2.1V lightweight carrier rocket, scheduled for early 2013, is now likely to be delayed until the second half of 2013, its maker Progress said on Thursday. "The first launch of the Soyuz-2.1V rocket has been preliminarily scheduled for the second half of this year," Progress design bureau's general director Alexander Kirilin said, without specifying the reasons for the delay. Russia originally planned to launch the first Soyuz-2.1V in October but that wa ... read more

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