Question: Recently using the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, Russia launched how many satellites in a single rocket?
a) 20
b) 45
c) 34
d) 38
Answer:(d)
Related Facts:-
- On 22 March 2021 Russia launched 38 satellites of 18 different countries.
- At 0607 GMT on March 22 2021; a Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying 38 foreign satellites.
- It was the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 38 spacecraft from 18 countries.
- The rocket will place in orbit 38 satellites from more than a dozen countries, including South Korea, Japan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Italy and Brazil.
- Among them is the Challenge-1, the first satellite made completely in Tunisia, which was created by the Telnet telecommunications group.
- It should be noted that since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian space sector has lagged behind international competitors.
- In the past Russian space agencies were plagued by corruption scandals and technological stagnation.
By – Rajesh Tripathi