Volga-DNEPR AN-124-100 Delivers Russian And Kazakh Satellites To Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

摘要

AVolga-Dnepr Airlines' An-124-100 'Ruslan' freighter aircraft has delivered the Luch-5V and KazSat-3 telecommunications satellites from Krasnoyarsk in Russia to Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. The satellites, weighing a combined 21 tons, were secured inside a special shipping container for the transportation, measuring 14 metres long, 3 metres wide and more than 4 metres high. The container was placed carefully onto the aircraft's loading ramp using an external crane and then winched into the cargo hold using the An-124's own onboard handling system. The flight also carried support equipment for the satellites.