Tag: ISS Reshetnev
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New Russian telecom satellite awaits launch Monday
The Proton rocket with Express AM8 rolled out Friday to the Complex 81 launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TsENKI A new multipurpose Russian communications satellite to be parked over the Atlantic Ocean is awaiting launch Monday aboard a Proton rocket. Owned by the Russian Satellite Communications Co., Russia’s state-owned civilian telecom…
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Milestone Proton launch opens queue of grounded commercial missions
The Proton rocket launched at 0016 GMT Monday (7:16 p.m. EST Sunday) with the Yamal 401 communications satellite. Credit: ILS A Russian communications satellite lifted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, marking the 400th flight of a Proton rocket and the launcher’s first commercial mission in 10 months. The Yamal 401…