Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Live coverage: Proton soars into space with Inmarsat satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the Inmarsat 5 F2 communications satellite aboard an International Launch Services Proton rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Inmarsat satellite ready for liftoff on Proton rocket
A Proton rocket is poised for launch Sunday with the Inmarsat 5 F2 mobile communications satellite. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian Proton rocket is scheduled to take off from Kazakhstan on Sunday with the second spacecraft to serve Inmarsat’s $1.6 billion next-generation satellite communications network geared for getting faster links to customers on the move. The…
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Photos: Proton lifts off with TV broadcasting satellite
Firing into space from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Russian Proton rocket guided a European television broadcast satellite into orbit Saturday. The 191-foot-tall rocket, fueled by a mixture of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, blasted off at 2137 GMT (4:37 p.m. EST) Saturday with the Astra 2G communications satellite owned by SES of…
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Successful Proton launch puts Astra 2G broadcast satellite in orbit
The Proton rocket lifted off with the ASTRA 2G satellite at 2137 GMT (4:37 p.m. EST) Saturday. Credit: Khrunichev A Russian Proton rocket fired six main engines and soared into space from Kazakhstan on Saturday, deploying a commercial communications satellite owned by SES for a 15-year mission linking Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The…
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Live coverage: Proton rocket blasts off with Astra 2G
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an International Launch Services Proton rocket with the Astra 2G communications satellite for SES of Luxembourg. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Proton rocket on track for launch with European telecom satellite
The Proton rocket with the ASTRA 2G satellite rolled out to its launch pad Wednesday. Credit: Roscosmos A commercial broadcast satellite will blast off from Kazakhstan on Saturday aboard a Proton rocket to transmit television, multimedia and broadband services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Proton rocket is scheduled for launch at 2137:49…
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Soyuz rocket launches with Russian Earth observation craft
The Soyuz 2-1b rocket carrying the Resurs P2 satellite lifted off at 1855 GMT (1:55 p.m. EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TsENKI TV A new Russian satellite streaked into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket Friday, carrying high-resolution cameras to survey the globe and a plasma physics experiment to seek out signs of…
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Russian Earth observing satellite ready for launch
A Soyuz rocket is scheduled for launch Friday with Russia’s Resurs P2 satellite, a civilian-operated spacecraft with a sharp-eyed camera to collect high-resolution imagery for Russian government authorities and international agencies. The Soyuz 2-1b launcher is set for liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1855 GMT (1:55 p.m. EST). The three-stage rocket will…
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Russian-built spy satellite rockets out of underground silo
A Strela rocket soars from an underground missile silo Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. View more launch photos below the story. Credit: Roscosmos A Strela rocket carrying a Russian-built radar surveillance satellite built for an undisclosed foreign customer sprung out of an underground silo in Kazakhstan and fired into orbit Friday. The Kondor…
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Photos: Proton rocket blasts off with Yamal 401 satellite
An International Launch Services Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday with the Yamal 401 satellite, a 3.3-ton spacecraft to beam C-band and Ku-band communications services across Russia. Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Khrunichev Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.