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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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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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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Rockot rumbles off from Russia, carrying GEO-IK Geodesy Satellite
A 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.
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2015 Space Launch Statistics
The year 2015 saw a total of 87 known orbital launch attempts operated by seven nations from space ports in eight countries.
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Proton Rocket soars into the Night Sky for classified Military Satellite Launch
A 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.
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Proton Rocket rolls to Launch Pad to lift Military Communications Satellite
A 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.
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Intelsat signs Multi-Launch Deal with ILS Proton
Russia’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.
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Eutelsat signs Multi-Launch Deal with ILS Proton, switches to single-payload Ariane 5 Launch
Commercial 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.
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Proton Rocket successfully returns to Flight in Long Payload Delivery Mission
A 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.
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Proton-M & Block DM-03 successfully Launch Ekspress AM-8 Satellite
Originally published on September 15, 2015 A Proton rocket lit up the night skies over the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday,
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