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Proton launcher takes off with dual-use Russian communications satellite

Aug 17, 2017

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Updated after spacecraft separation. A Proton rocket lifts off at 4:07 a.m. local time Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos A high-power Russian satellite designed to deliver broadband Internet connections and relay television and videoconferencing signals fired into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Destined to serve the Russian military…