Tag: Proton
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Proton rocket’s next flight moved back to next year
Proton and EchoStar 21 launch team members sign the rocket’s payload fairing in this image tweeted by International Launch Services on Dec. 21. Credit: ILS The first launch of a Russian Proton rocket since June has been delayed until at least January to conduct additional checks on the three-stage booster and its Breeze M upper…
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Smaller variants of Russia’s Proton rocket on the market
Credit: ILS Khrunichev and International Launch Services, the team behind Russia’s Proton rocket, are developing two scaled-down versions of the booster in a bid to capture a wider share of the commercial launch market, the companies announced last week. The “Proton Medium” and “Proton Light” rocket variants could launch as soon as 2018 and 2019,…
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Smaller variants of Russia’s Proton rocket on the market
Credit: ILS Khrunichev and International Launch Services, the team behind Russia’s Proton rocket, are developing two scaled-down versions of the booster in a bid to capture a wider share of the commercial launch market, the companies announced last week. The “Proton Medium” and “Proton Light” rocket variants could launch as soon as 2018 and 2019,…
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Investigation into upper stage glitch delays next Proton launch
File photo of a Proton rocket launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 24, 2015. Credit: Roscosmos The launch of an EchoStar communications satellite to cover Europe has been delayed to October to allow Russian engineers to complete an inquiry into a glitch discovered during a Proton rocket flight in June, industry officials said. The…
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Photos: Proton rocket climbs into space from Kazakhstan
A Russian Proton rocket lifted off Thursday with a U.S.-built communications satellite to broadcast television over Latin America, firing into orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Proton rocket and its Breeze M upper stage lifted off at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT; 1:10 p.m. Baikonur time), turned northeast over the Kazakh steppe,…
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Upgraded Proton booster adds satellite to Intelsat’s fleet
Debuting lighter structural components to carry heavier satellites into orbit, a Russian Proton rocket fired into space from Kazakhstan on Thursday and successfully placed a U.S.-built television broadcast craft into orbit for Intelsat and DirecTV. Six RD-276 first stage main engines ignited with a rush of orange exhaust at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT) Thursday,…
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Proton rocket transferred to launch pad with TV broadcasting satellite
A Russian Proton rocket rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday with a commercial communications satellite to broadcast high-definition television channels to millions of homes across Latin America. The three-stage Proton booster, topped by a Breeze M upper stage, emerged from a fueling station Sunday morning for a rail trip…
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Europe’s ExoMars orbiter smoothly cruising toward red planet
Artist’s concept of the Trace Gas Orbiter releasing the Schiaparelli lander on approach to Mars on Oct. 16. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab Ground controllers are running Europe’s ExoMars orbiter through a post-launch checkup a week after its successful liftoff aboard a Proton rocket, and a first look at the probe’s systems revealed no problems, the mission’s…
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Marvel at Monday’s Mars launch with these photos
Take a look back at the fiery blastoff of a Russian Proton rocket Monday with the ExoMars 2016 mission to examine the red planet’s atmosphere and test new European entry, descent and landing technologies. The 191-foot-tall (58-meter) rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0931:42 GMT (5:31:42 a.m. EDT) Monday with the…
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Video: ExoMars mission blasts off on Proton rocket
A massive spacecraft bound for Mars lifted off on a Russian Proton rocket Monday, riding more than 2 million pounds of thrust from the launcher’s six main engines through low clouds hanging over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli lander, bolted together inside the nose cone of the 191-foot-tall…