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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Photos: AsiaSat 9 Communications Satellite completes Pre-Launch Processing

The AsiaSat 9 communications satellite arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome via cargo jet on August 27 after a trans-continental flight from its Space Systems Loral manufacturing base in California

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