Tag: Ekspress

  • Russia launches two Ekspress satellites via Proton-M

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    Russia’s Proton-M rocket launched a pair of communications satellites Monday, in a rare outing for Russia’s heavy-lift launch vehicle. Monday’s launch took place at 12:07 UTC (17:07 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the mission lasting 18 hours from liftoff to final spacecraft separation. Proton’s payload is made up of Ekspress-AMU3 and…

  • Russian Proton-M successfully launches dual Ekspress satellites

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    Roscosmos – the Russian Space Agency – has successfully launched a Proton-M rocket with two Russian Ekspress communications satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. The flight took 18 hours to complete and launched from Site No. 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 00:25:19 Moscow time on Friday, 31 July (or 21:25:19 UTC…