Tag: EchoStar 21
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Photos: Russian Proton rocket blasts off with EchoStar 21
Look back on last week’s launch of a Russian Proton rocket from Kazakhstan with the EchoStar 21 communications satellite, a commercial craft designed to beam broadband connectivity to customers across Europe. The 191-foot-tall (58-meter) rocket took off at 0345 GMT on June 8 (11:45 p.m. EDT on June 7) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,…
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Video: Proton rocket returns to service with launch of EchoStar 21
Video credit: Roscosmos/TsENKI A Proton rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the EchoStar 21 communications satellite Thursday, the heaviest commercial payload ever flown aboard a Russian booster. The launcher lifted off from Pad 24 at Complex 81 at the historic spaceport at 0345:47 GMT Thursday (11:45:47 p.m. EDT Wednesday) to begin a…
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Proton rocket successfully returns to flight after year-long grounding
A Proton rocket lifts off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the EchoStar 21 communications satellite. Credit: Khrunichev An EchoStar communications satellite designed to link Europeans with voice and broadband data services rode into orbit on top of a Russian Proton rocket Thursday, deploying into an on-target orbit after nine hours of maneuvers…
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Live coverage: Proton rocket blasts off for first time in a year
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the EchoStar 21 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Live video from ILS begins at approximately 0315 GMT (11:15 p.m. EDT).
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Russia recalls rocket engines, grounding Proton missions until spring
File photo of a Proton rocket rolling out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja The Russian government is investigating flaws found in Proton rocket engines, ordering all suspect components to be replaced before the heavy-lift booster can resume launches and promising penalties for those responsible for allowing substandard…
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Proton rocket’s next flight moved back to next year
Proton and EchoStar 21 launch team members sign the rocket’s payload fairing in this image tweeted by International Launch Services on Dec. 21. Credit: ILS The first launch of a Russian Proton rocket since June has been delayed until at least January to conduct additional checks on the three-stage booster and its Breeze M upper…