Launch Date of Dnepr Cluster Mission

The launch date of the upcoming Dnepr cluster mission has been established for the night of June 19 to June 20, 2014 (01hr 11 min 11 sec., local Yasny time).

The primary payload of this launch is a medium resolution satellite KazEOSat (Kazakhstan). In addition to that, the payloads on this launch are Deimos-2 (Spain), TabletSat-Aurora (Russia), Perseus-M-1 & -2 (Russia, USA), Hodoyoshi-3 and -4 (Japan), SaudiSat-4 (Saudi Arabia) and other small satellites, as well as QuadPack deployers with CubeSats. The mission is planned to loft into orbit 33 spacecraft belonging to customers from 17 countries, including Russia.

The launch vehicle with the spacecraft installed is presently undergoing final pre-launch checkout and testing.