After over six months of delays, a Russian Dnepr launch vehicle – a converted RS-20V Voevode (SS-18 Satan) ballistic missile – has finally launched from the ISC Kosmotras Space and Missile Complex near Yasny, Russia, carrying Bigelow Aerospace’s Genesis II.
Launch occurred at 15:02 UTC, with spacecraft separation noted as a success. The status of the spacecraft’s health is reported to be good, following ground contact, inflation and deployment of the solar arrays.