MOSCOW. Sept 13 (Interfax) - Glavkosmos Launch Service will launch five Japanese satellites using a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome after April 2020, the state corporation Roscosmos said.
"Axelspace announced, after signing an agreement with Glavkosmos Launch Service, the Russian launch services provider, that the total number of GRUS satellites launched after April 2020 will be four, plus an additional satellite, GRUS-1E," the state corporation said on its website.
The Japanese corporation initially reported plans to launch only three satellites, Roscosmos said.
"The number of satellites in the group AxelGlobe will increase to five after the launch," the report said.