The maiden launch of the veteran Soviet-Russian rocket Soyuz from Europe’s space base in South America has been scheduled for October, a spokesman for launch operators Arianespace said on Tuesday. “Right now we are looking at mid-October” for the first launch, said spokesman Mario de Lepine. Soyuz will carry the first two satellites in Europe’s Galileo navigation system, the competitor to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), he said. Read More
