Russia Puts 16 Foreign Satellites Into Orbit

Russia has successfully launched a Dnepr carrier rocket, the first since the failure in late July 2006, and put 16 foreign satellites into orbit, the Federal Space Agency said Tuesday. "The launch has been conducted successfully," the agency said. "The separation of all foreign spacecraft from the carrier rocket occurred at 11.02 Moscow time (7.02 GMT)." More

(Source: space-travel.com - Apr 18)