The first launch of private satellites in Russia took place, Roscosmos reported. On November 14, at 04:16 Moscow time, the first subsidized launch of private satellites took place from the Vistuchi cosmodrome. The lead Soyuz-2.1b rocket worked in normal mode, the Fregat upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket at the estimated time and brought the spacecraft to the specified orbits. Today was an important event for the rocket and space industry - the first subsidized launch for private space companies. Roscosmos assumed part of the costs for the launch of the MT-LAB MT-LAB satellite into orbit and the Sputnik group of companies. This spacecraft will provide very detailed images of the Earth in the interests of the country, said Dmitry Bakunov. The COHEN and Cinema-0.8 satellites are designed to obtain images of the earth's surface with a spatial resolution of 0.5 and 0.8 m respectively. Their use will expand the capabilities of the local group of remote sensing of the Earth to solve the problems of monitoring infrastructure, agriculture, construction and underground use.

The first launch of private satellites in Russia took place, Roscosmos reported. On November 14, at 04:16 Moscow time, the first subsidized launch of private satellites took place from the Vistuchi cosmodrome. The lead Soyuz-2.1b rocket worked in normal mode, the Fregat upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket at the estimated time and brought the spacecraft to the specified orbits. Today was an important event for the rocket and space industry - the first subsidized launch for private space companies. Roscosmos assumed part of the costs for the launch of the MT-LAB MT-LAB satellite into orbit and the Sputnik group of companies. This spacecraft will provide very detailed images of the Earth in the interests of the country, said Dmitry Bakunov. The COHEN and Cinema-0.8 satellites are designed to obtain images of the earth's surface with a spatial resolution of 0.5 and 0.8 m respectively. Their use will expand the capabilities of the local group of remote sensing of the Earth to solve the problems of monitoring infrastructure, agriculture, construction and underground use.