Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Proton rocket takes off with Express AM8 communications bird
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…
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New Russian telecom satellite awaits launch Monday
The Proton rocket with Express AM8 rolled out Friday to the Complex 81 launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TsENKI A new multipurpose Russian communications satellite to be parked over the Atlantic Ocean is awaiting launch Monday aboard a Proton rocket. Owned by the Russian Satellite Communications Co., Russia’s state-owned civilian telecom…
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Photos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of Kazakhstan
Three space fliers rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, setting off in pursuit of the International Space Station to swap out Soyuz lifeboats for the research lab’s one-year crew. The launch occurred at 0437 GMT (12:37 a.m. EDT; 10:37 a.m. Baikonur time). Veteran cosmonaut Sergey Volkov sat in the center couch…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew back on Earth
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Photos: Proton rocket soars from Baikonur
Russia’s Proton rocket returned to flight Friday, blasting off for the first time since a May launch mishap. Relive Friday’s launch with a video replay and photos of the daytime liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Proton rocket launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) from the Kazakh space base and released the third communications…
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Soyuz booster in position for crew launch
A Russian Soyuz booster rolled out of a hangar at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome and rode a rail car to its launch pad Monday, setting up for Wednesday’s launch with a three-man crew hailing from Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan. The trio is setting off on a two-day voyage to the International Space Station on a…
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Proton back in action with successful launch for Inmarsat
The Proton rocket with Inmarsat 5 F3 launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: ILS Russia’s Proton rocket returned to flight Friday with the successful deployment of a powerful new communications satellite for Inmarsat of London in the workhorse rocket’s first flight since a launch failure in May. The…
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Live coverage: Proton blasts off on return-to-flight mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket and the Inmarsat 5 F3 mobile communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Soyuz crew craft treks from Kazakhstan to space station
Two spaceflight rookies and a veteran Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan and flew to the International Space station on Wednesday, riding a Soyuz spaceship from a predawn departure from Earth to a high-altitude linkup with the orbiting research lab. The kerosene-fueled Soyuz rocket lifted off at 2102 GMT (5:02 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, or 3:02…
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Live coverage: Three-man crew arrives at space station
Mission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 44 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.