RT published this video item, entitled “Soyuz-2.1b rocket sets off from Baikonur with 34 OneWeb satellites aboard” – below is their description.
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket with 34 spacecraft of the British satellite company OneWeb on board has successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After deployment, there will be 288 OneWeb satellites in orbit, Roscosmos reports.
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country mainly located in Central Asia with a smaller portion west of the Ural River in Eastern Europe.
Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country. It has a population of 18.3 million residents, and has one of the lowest population densities in the world. Since 1997, the capital is Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana. It was moved from Almaty, the country’s largest city.
Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Kazakhstan is the most dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region’s GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources. Kazakhstan is a member of the United Nations (UN), WTO, CIS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union, CSTO, OSCE, OIC, CCTS, and TURKSOY.