Tag: Blok-DM
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Proton-M launches Elektro-L No.5 on its final mission with Blok-DM upper stage
Russia’s Proton rocket made its first flight in almost three years on Thursday, carrying the Elektro-L No.5 weather satellite into orbit. The launch, expected to be the last time Proton flies with a Blok-DM upper stage, took place at 08:52 UTC from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Proton, once a workhorse of…