Photos: Proton Rocket Thunders Off on Third Commercial Mission of 2017
Conducting 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
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Video: Proton-M Launches AsiaSat 9
Conducting 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
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Proton Rocket Targets Thursday Night Liftoff on next Commercial Satellite Delivery
Russia’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.
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Three Crewmen Arrive at International Space Station after Express Soyuz Rendezvous
Carrying a crew of three, a Russian Soyuz FG rocket lit up the skies over the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday night as it embarked on a nine-minute climb to orbit in pursuit of the International Space Station to send the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft on a fast-track rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory with the second half of the Expedition 53 crew.
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Photos: Soyuz Rocket Blasts Off with Russian-American ISS Crew Trio
Two American Astronauts and a Russian Cosmonaut lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome’s historic Site 1/5 at 21:17:02 UTC on
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Videos: Soyuz Rocket Climbs into the Night with Three ISS Crew Members
Two American Astronauts and a Russian Cosmonaut lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome’s historic Site 1/5 at 21:17:02 UTC on September 12, 2017 atop a Soyuz FG rocket.
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U.S.-Russian Crew Trio on the Eve of Liftoff on 167-Day Space Flight
Two NASA Astronauts and an experienced Cosmonaut are on the eve of their launch to the International Space Station on a five-and-a-half-month mission as part of Expedition 53/54.
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All-Night Proton Ascent Mission Successfully Delivers Amazonas 5 Communications Satellite
Russia’s Proton rocket thundered into the night skies over the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, carrying the U.S.-built Amazonas 5 communications satellite set to deliver TV and Internet Services to South and Central America.
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Photos: Proton Rocket Thunders into the Night with Amazonas 5 Communications Satellite
Russia’s Proton rocket blasted off from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 19:23:41 UTC with the Amazonas 5 communications satellite.
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Video: Proton-M Lifts Off from Baikonur with TV & Internet Satellite
Russia’s Proton rocket blasted off from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 19:23:41 UTC with Amazonas 5.
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Photos: Soyuz Rocket Rolls Out to Historic Baikonur Launch Pad
Russia’s Soyuz FG rocket emerged from its MIK Assembly Facility at the traditional early morning hour on Sunday to roll to its historic Baikonur launch pad in preparation for liftoff with a crew of three.
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Photos & Video: Soyuz Rocket Assembled for Launch of Next ISS Crew
Engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome assembled a Soyuz rocket on September 8, 2017 in preparation for rollout to the historic Site 1/5 for the launch of three International Space Station Crew Members.
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Proton Rocket Rolls Out for Monday Night Liftoff with Amazonas 5 Internet & TV Satellite
Russia’s Proton-M rocket completed an early morning rollout to its Baikonur Launch Pad for liftoff Monday night with a commercial communications satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat.
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Short Crew Visit to Baikonur Kicks Off Final Soyuz MS-06 Launch Preparations
The next crew trio headed to the International Space Station made a short visit to the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sunday & Monday as part of an unusual flight preparations schedule laid out for the upcoming Soyuz MS-06 mission.
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Roscosmos Shares Photos of Secretive Proton Launch Campaign with 1st Blagovest Satellite
The Roscosmos State Corporation on Thursday shared photos of the Proton-M launch with the first Blagovest dual-use communications satellites that will fulfill military and civilian functions
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Proton-M Successfully Launches Blagovest High-Capacity Military Communications Satellite
Russia’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
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Proton Rocket set for Wednesday Liftoff with Secretive Communications Powerhouse
Russia’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.”
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