MOSCOW, November 30./TASS/. The Russian rocket launch of Soyuz-ST-A with Falcon Eye 2 satellite for the United Arab Emirates from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana, has been postponed until December 1 due to bad weather, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin has announced say on Twitter.
“Scheduled for tomorrow due to the weather in Kourou,” he said.
Initially, the build was scheduled for Nov. 29. Rogozin said Saturday that the launch has been postponed until Nov. 30. Meanwhile, a source from the space industry told TASS on Friday that the final tests of the Soyuz-ST-A carrier rocket at the Kourou spacecraft had been successful and no cracks were found.
Last Monday, a source told TASS that Roscosmos experts had encountered technical problems with the rocket in preparation for its launch from the Guiana Space Center. The source explained that the electric check valve was found during tests at the assembly and the measurement unit. Something new was taken from Russia to replace it, the source said.
Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday confirmed that Russian experts had found a faulty valve in the Soyuz launch vehicle at the Kourou space port, thus preventing an accident during its launch.
The Soyuz-ST-A carrier rocket was developed and manufactured by the Russian Space Progress Rocket Center under the Soyuz program at the Guiana Space Center.
The launch vehicle is a modification of the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket of stage 1a modified according to operational requirements at the Guiana Space Center in terms of safety (receiving telecommands from Earth to complete the flight), the telemetry system ( transmission works into the decimeter band with European telemetry frame structure) and the operating conditions (increased humidity, sea transportation and others).