Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome

  • Soyuz TMA-19M launch-to-docking timeline

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Based upon an on-time launch at 1103:10 GMT (6:03:10 a.m. EST) Tuesday, this is the timeline for the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft through its countdown, liftoff and docking with the International Space Station. Eastern Standard Time is GMT-5. TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 2015 12:18:10 AM…05…45…00…Batteries installed in booster 12:48:10 AM…05…15…00…Crew…

  • Russian data relay satellite launched by Proton rocket

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    File photo of a Proton rocket launch. Credit: Roscosmos A secretive Russian military communications satellite arrived in geostationary orbit Sunday after a successful liftoff aboard a Proton rocket, the Russian defense ministry said. The Garpun communications satellite blasted off at 0019 GMT Sunday (7:19 p.m. EST Saturday) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and it…

  • Russian weather satellite lifts off aboard Zenit rocket

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    A weather satellite to help civilian and military forecasters track storm systems over Russia’s vast territory launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday aboard a Ukrainian-built Zenit rocket, perhaps on its final flight as Russian-Ukrainian relations sour and demand wanes for the 1980s-era launcher. The Elektro-L 2 weather satellite, enclosed inside the Zenit rocket’s nose…

  • Zenit rocket raised on launch pad for possible final flight

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    In the run up to what may be the final flight of a Zenit launcher, a Russian-Ukrainian creation that represented a new age of Soviet-era rocketry, ground crews transferred the powerful booster to a launch pad Wednesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Zenit rocket reached its launch pad, part of Baikonur’s Complex 45 site, Wednesday…

  • Imagery from Friday’s fiery Proton rocket launch

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    Turkey’s newest communications satellite soared into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, and these spectacular images show the middle-of-the-night liftoff of the spacecraft’s Russian Proton rocket booster before it disappeared into low clouds. The 191-foot-tall rocket launched at 2040:11 GMT (4:40:11 p.m. EDT) Friday, lifting the 5.4-ton Turksat 4B satellite into orbit before deploying…

  • Live coverage: Proton rocket launches with Turksat 4B

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Turksat 4B communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Turkish telecommunications satellite lifts off from Baikonur

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    Updated after spacecraft separation. A Russian Proton rocket boosted a Turkish telecommunications satellite into space Friday after a blazing liftoff from Kazakhstan, and a Breeze M upper stage injected the 5.4-ton broadcasting craft into an orbit ranging more than 20,000 miles above Earth nine hours later. The Turksat 4B satellite — encapsulated in the nose…

  • Proton rolled out for launch of Turkish satellite

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    A Proton rocket with the Turksat 4B communications satellite reached its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after a rail car rollout Tuesday. Credit: Roscosmos Russian ground crews moved a Proton rocket to its launch pad in Kazakhstan on Tuesday for liftoff with a Japanese-built broadcasting platform for Turkey’s national telecom satellite operator Friday. The…

  • Russian resupply vessel blasts off from Kazakhstan

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    Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Progress supply craft loaded with 3.1 tons of cargo lifted off Thursday from Kazakhstan, launching on a six-hour pursuit of the International Space Station culminating with a smooth docking to the research lab’s aft port. Launch occurred at 1649:40 GMT (12:49:40 p.m. EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Liftoff was timed…

  • Proton rocket takes off with Express AM8 communications bird

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    Updated after spacecraft separation. A Proton rocket lifted off at 1900 GMT (3 p.m. EDT) with the Express AM8 communications satellite. Credit: TsENKI/Roscosmos A Proton rocket fired away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, kicking off a nearly seven-hour flight that concluded with the high-altitude delivery of a new Russian communications satellite into…