Moscow - Russia plans five space launches in November 2011.
"The Federal Space Agency intends to launch from Baikonur three Glonass-M satellites [on November 3], the Phobos Grunt interplanetary research rover [on November 9], the Soyuz TMA-22 manned spaceship [on November 14] and the AsiaSat-7 satellite [on November 25]," says a report posted on the agency website.
A Glonass-M satellite will be launched from Plesetsk on November 22.
Proton-M rockets with Briz-M boosters will be used in the launches of November 3 and 25. Phobos Grunt will be lifted off with a Zenit-2SLB rocket, and a Soyuz-FG rocket will carry the Soyuz manned spaceship. A Soyuz-2.1B rocket with a Fregat booster will lift off Glonass-M from Plesetsk.
A Baikonur representative told Interfax-AVN that three Glonass-M satellites would be sent to orbit at 4:55 p.m. Moscow time on November 3.
