Russia postpones Soyuz-2.1a rocket launch to Sunday due to voltage spike

Is expected to deliver 38 satellites that are mostly made outside Russia into open space

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The Soyuz-2.1a rocket launch has been postponed until tomorrow.
The Soyuz-2.1a rocket launch has been postponed until tomorrow.
Reuters

Moscow: Russia has postponed the launch of its Soyuz-2.1a rocket to Sunday, state news agency RIA quoted Roscosmos space agency Director General Dmitry Rogozin as saying on Saturday.

Rogozin said the decision to postpone from Saturday was made after a voltage spike ahead of the planned launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, RIA reported.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket, which is expected to deliver 38 satellites that are mostly made outside Russia into open space, is now set to be launched at 0607 GMT on Sunday, RIA said.

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