Ukraine and Brazil Prepare for 2015 Cyclone 4 Launch
Hello reader! Below is an article published day ( 09/24 ), on the site “ www.aviationweek.com ” announcing that Ukraine and Brazil prepare for 2015 Cyclone 4 Launch . Duda Falcão Ukraine, Brazil Prepare for 2015 Cyclone 4 Launch By Amy Svitak Sep 24, 2013 on 3:09 AM Brazilian-Ukainian joint venture Alcantara Cyclone Space (ACS) continues preparations for the 2015 debut of a new variant of the Cyclone rocket from a 30-year-old launch facility on Brazil's north-Atlantic coast. At 2.3 deg. N. Lat., Alcantara is even closer to the Equator than Europe's Guiana Space Center in Kourou, where commercial launch services consortium Arianespace manages missions of Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5, Russia's medium-class Soyuz and Italy's Vega light launcher. From Alcantara, ACS's three-stage Cyclone 4 rocket—equipped with a restartable upper stage engine and 4-m payload fairing—is designed to put 5,685 kg. (12,500 lb.) into a circular low Earth or