[FPSPACE] Russian launch due

Igor Lissov i-cosmos@mtu-net.ru
Wed, 27 Dec 2000 23:21:41 +0300


Phillip,

> This evening (UK time) we are due to have what I expect to be the final
> Russian launch of the year: six payloads on a three-stage Tsyklon out of
> Plesetsk.
> 
> It will be interesting to see whether this will be six Strela-3 military
> comsats (all called Cosmos) or whether there will be three Strela-3s and
> three Gonets-D1 (civil versions of Strela-3).

Three plus three.

Igor Lissov