A handout picture released by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos' Press Service on 29 December 2011 shows a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat booster and six American Globalstar-2 satellites aboard blasting off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 December 2011. The Fregat upper stage of the rocket has placed six American Globalstar-2 satellites into their designated orbit. EPA/ROSCOSMOS PRESS SERVICE/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout picture released by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos' Press Service on 29 December 2011 shows a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat booster and six American Globalstar-2 satellites aboard as it is ready for take off on its the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 December 2011. The Fregat upper stage of the rocket later placed six American Globalstar-2 satellites into their designated orbit. EPA/ROSCOSMOS PRESS SERVICE/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout picture released by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos' Press Service on 29 December 2011 shows a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat booster and six American Globalstar-2 satellites aboard as it is ready for take off on its the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 December 2011. The Fregat upper stage of the rocket later placed six American Globalstar-2 satellites into their designated orbit. EPA/ROSCOSMOS PRESS SERVICE/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout picture released by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos' Press Service on 29 December 2011 shows a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat booster and six American Globalstar-2 satellites aboard as it is ready for take off on its the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 December 2011. The Fregat upper stage of the rocket later placed six American Globalstar-2 satellites into their designated orbit. EPA/ROSCOSMOS PRESS SERVICE/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
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