A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 36 satellites, produced by the British firm OneWeb, has successfully blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country’s Far East. Its payload is poised to help expand global internet coverage.
The rocket departed at 7.14am local time (10:14pm GMT) on Sunday. Its launch went off without a hitch, with all stages detaching according to the planned schedule. Later, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, confirmed that the 36 satellites had successfully separated from the carrier.
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