A Soyuz 2.1b-FG launch vehicle with Fregat upper stage has launched with the RADARSAT-2 satellite – Canada’s next-generation commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite. Launch was successful at 13:17 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome.
NASASpaceflight.com covered the launch as a live event, with background, live updates, images and a free launch video, available on the links below (read more).