2011 Was a Good Year For Arianespace
On Wednesday, December 28, Arianespace and Starsem orbited six
new satellites of the Globalstar-2 constellation. The 1,784th
launch of a Soyuz family rocket (Soyuz-Fregat version) took place
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launcher lifted off
at 17:09 Universal Time on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 (11:09 pm
local time, 6:09 pm in Paris, and 9:09 am in San Francisco).
Arianespace, Starsem and their Russian partners confirmed that the
Fregat orbital stage accurately injected the six Globalstar-2
satellites into their targeted orbit.