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Russia to Launch Thai Earth Remote Sensing Satellite |
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Written by Vector1Media
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RIA NOVOSTI - Russia will launch on August 6 a converted RS-20 Voyevoda
intercontinental ballistic missile to put a Thai earth observation
satellite into orbit, the Strategic Missile Forces said on Monday. The launch from a silo in the southern Urals will be carried out under
a contract with Kosmotras, a Russian-Ukrainian joint venture, which
converts RS-20 (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBM), scrapped by Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, into Dnepr
launch vehicles.
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