13 Sep 2013 16:52

Soyuz-2.1v test launch put off until year's end - source

MOSCOW. Sept 13 (Interfax) - The first test launch of a Soyuz-2.1v light-class carrier rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been put off from the first part of October until the end of the year, a source at the cosmodrome told Interfax-AVN.

"The launch has been postponed until nearer to the end of the year," he said.

The carrier rocket is to be launched with a Volga second stage, two SKRL-756 calibration spheres and an Aist 1 satellite.

The first launch was initially set for the beginning of 2012, but was put off over an accident during land hot testing of the first stage.

Reports said earlier that the launch could be carried out on October 10.