The Orion upper stage launched the Gagarinets cubesat into Earth orbit

The Orion upper stage launched the Gagarinets satellite into Earth orbit

The Orion upper stage launched the Gagarinets artificial satellite into the target Earth orbit. It was developed by a private Russian company, Roscosmos reported on April 11.

In a statement, the state corporation states that the CubeSat 3U format satellite is intended to test platform elements.

“Today, the Orion upper stage, launched by the first Angara-A5 launch vehicle, delivered the Gagarinets small spacecraft into low Earth orbit,” the statement said.

It is noted that the upper stage continues to inject the test load into the target orbit.

Let us remind you that the launch of the launch vehicle “Angara-A5” took place at noon on April 11. The launch was carried out the third time: the first date was set for April 9, but two minutes before the launch a postponement to the 10th was announced. Wednesday was also postponed launch for technical reasons.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that The Kremlin is happy about the successful launch.