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
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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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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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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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Photos: Proton Lifts Off after Extended Break
A Russian Proton-M/Briz-M rocket blasted off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:45 UTC on June 8, 2017 on a mission to deliver the 6,871-Kilogram EchoStar-21 mobile communications satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Russia’s Proton Returns to Flight after Year-Long Grounding, sends EchoStar-21 to Orbit
Russia’s Proton-M rocket soared into the skies over the remote Baikonur Cosmodrome again on Thursday, ending a year-long grounding with the launch of the EchoStar-21 mobile communications satellites – one of the vehicle’s heaviest Geotransfer payloads to date.
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Videos: Proton-M Returns to Flight with EchoStar-21
A Russian Proton-M/Briz-M rocket blasted off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:45 UTC on June 8, 2017 on a mission to deliver the 6,871-Kilogram EchoStar-21 mobile communications satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Proton Rocket Returns to Baikonur Launch Pad for Long-Awaited Comeback Mission
Russia’s Proton rocket returned to its Baikonur launch pad for a long-awaited comeback mission, set to close a gap in Proton launch operations of a full year – the longest stand-down in the rocket’s five-decade service history.
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Russia’s Proton Rocket faces extended Grounding due to systemic Engine Problems
Russia’s troubled Proton rocket will have to remain grounded until the summer time frame due to systemic problems discovered on the rocket’s upper stage engines, Russian media outlets reported this week.
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2016 Space Launch Statistics
The year 2016 saw a total of 85 known orbital launch attempts operated by eight nations from space ports in
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Proton’s Comeback Mission slips to 2017
The comeback launch of Russia’s Proton-M rocket after a close call in June is being delayed to provide additional time for checks on the carrier rocket, the Roscosmos State Corporation confirmed on Friday.
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ILS to expand Proton Rocket Family in Response to Changing Launch Market
International 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.
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ILS secures first Angara Launch Contract, Next Commercial Proton Mission slips to October
While 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.
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