December 2017

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

Russia launches ELINT satellite – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b (no upper stage); Payload: Lotos S1 [Kosmos 2524]; Date: 2 December 2017, 1043 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. "The Soyuz-2.1b carrier at the designated time took successfully to the target orbit the space apparatus for interests of the Russian Defence Ministry. The launch and taking of the apparatus to the orbit went in…