The first Soyuz undergoes an initial assembly checkout at Kourou

(Arianespace) - History is being made in French Guiana as the first Soyuz undergoes its initial assembly checkout in preparation for Arianespace?s maiden commercial flight from the Spaceport in French Guiana later this year.� The activity is part of a regular maintenance check that is standard for Soyuz launchers in storage awaiting liftoff, and the build-up process also is being used to qualify assembly procedures in the Spaceport?s new Launcher Integration Building for the Russian-built m [...]

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