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Two Soyuzes in Kourou need stage replacing – Arianespace

The third stages of two rockets will be returned to Russia, and new stages will be delivered to Kourou to replace them, Arianespace spokesman Mario de Lepine said

PARIS, September 13 (Itar-Tass) —— Two Soyuz space vehicles prepared for the launch from Kourou (French Guiana) need changing of their third stages, a source at the Arianespace corporation, which carries out Soyuz launches from the French spaceport, told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

The third stages of two rockets will be returned to Russia, and new stages will be delivered to Kourou to replace them, Arianespace spokesman Mario de Lepine said.

The replacement of the rocket parts will have no effect on the timetable for the Soyuz launches from Kourou. The first is planned for October 20, and the second for December this year, he added.