Russia Launches Private KOEN and Kinosputnik Satellites, but State Sets Imagery Purchase Rules
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying two privately built Earth-imaging satellites, KOEN and Kinosputnik, lifted off from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome at 04:16 Moscow time on Saturday, Nov. 14 (8:16 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13), according to TASS's launch …