Tag: International Launch Services
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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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Milestone Proton launch opens queue of grounded commercial missions
The Proton rocket launched at 0016 GMT Monday (7:16 p.m. EST Sunday) with the Yamal 401 communications satellite. Credit: ILS A Russian communications satellite lifted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, marking the 400th flight of a Proton rocket and the launcher’s first commercial mission in 10 months. The Yamal 401…
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Live coverage: 400th Proton rocket takes off with Russian satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an International Launch Services Proton rocket with the Yamal 401 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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ILS plans to return Proton to commercial service next month
File photo of a Proton rocket being lifted on top of a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos Nearly a year since its last mission in February, International Launch Services aims to resume commercial flights of Russia’s Proton rocket in late November with the Astra 2G communications satellite for SES. The…