OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2008. The 1735th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Thursday, September 11, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 01:50 am Baikonur time (21:50 Paris time on September 10, 2008).

Arianespace and its Russian partners report that the Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station. This was the sixth Soyuz family mission in 2008.

With the introduction of Soyuz at the Guiana Space Center (CSG), this famed Russian medium-class launch vehicle will become an integral part of the European launch vehicle fleet, together with the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and the lightweight Vega. To be offered to the commercial market, the Soyuz in French Guiana is Europe`s reference medium-class launch vehicle for governmental and commercial missions.