Asian Communications Satellite Successfully Launched by Russian Proton Rocket
Just two and a half weeks after making its last orbital delivery, Russia’s Proton-M rocket lit up the night over the Baikonur Cosmodrome again on Thursday
Read moreJust two and a half weeks after making its last orbital delivery, Russia’s Proton-M rocket lit up the night over the Baikonur Cosmodrome again on Thursday
Read moreConducting its second commercial satellite delivery of the month, Russia’s Proton-M rocket blasted off from Baikonur’s Site 200/39 at 18:52:16 UTC on Thursday
Read moreConducting its second commercial satellite delivery of the month, Russia’s Proton-M rocket blasted off from Baikonur’s Site 200/39 at 18:52:16 UTC on Thursday, September 28, 2017
Read moreRussia’s Proton-M standing tall atop its remote launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for liftoff Thursday night on the rocket’s second commercial mission of the month, tasked with deploying the heavy AsiaSat 9 communications satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Read moreRussia’s Proton rocket thundered off from the remote Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday night on a hush-hush mission with a highly-capable communications satellite
Read moreRussia’s Proton-M rocket is set for liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday night on a semi-secret mission with the first of four planned Blagovest satellites building a communications infrastructure “for Russian domestic use.”
Read moreInternational Launch Services and rocket-builder Khrunichev presented designs of modified versions of their Proton launch vehicle on Tuesday, designed to reduce the cost for launching medium- and light-class commercial communications satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Read moreWhile Proton launches remain on hold after a second stage anomaly on the rocket’s most recent launch, International Launch Services announced the company has secured the first commercial launch contract for the new Angara 1.2 launch vehicle.
Read moreA Rockot launch vehicle rumbled into the skies over the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Saturday, carrying into orbit Russia’s GEO IK-2 No. 2 Geodesy satellite in an attempt to close a gap in the collection of geodynamic data.
Read moreThe year 2015 saw a total of 87 known orbital launch attempts operated by seven nations from space ports in eight countries.
Read moreA Proton-M rocket blasted off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday at 0:19 UTC embarking on a classified mission to deliver the Garpun No. 2 military communications satellite to Geostationary Orbit in a mission lasting approximately nine hours.
Read moreA Russian Proton-M rocket has been rolled to the launch pad on Sunday in preparation for the launch of the second Garpun military communications satellite. Liftoff from Site 81/24 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is planned for 0:17 UTC on December 10.
Read moreRussia’s venerable Proton rocket received additional backing on the international launch market as world-leading satellite communications provider Intelsat signed an agreement with International Launch Services for five Proton missions through 2023.
Read moreCommercial Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a multi-launch agreement with International Launch Services, acquiring slots on Proton rockets for the period of 2016 to 2023, and signed with Arianespace for a rare single-payload launch atop the powerful Ariane 5 rocket in early 2016.
Read moreA familiar sight returned to the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday when a Proton rocket thundered into the skies over the wold’s oldest space port. Returning to flight after a three-month stand-down, Proton-M/Briz-M lifted off from Site 200/39 at 11:44 UTC, embarking on a long mission of 15 hours and 31 minutes to lift the Inmarsat 5-F3 communications satellite to a Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit.
Read moreOriginally published on September 15, 2015 A Proton rocket lit up the night skies over the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday,
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