Tag: Proton
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Proton-M launches Elektro-L No.5 on its final mission with Blok-DM upper stage
Russia’s Proton rocket made its first flight in almost three years on Thursday, carrying the Elektro-L No.5 weather satellite into orbit. The launch, expected to be the last time Proton flies with a Blok-DM upper stage, took place at 08:52 UTC from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Proton, once a workhorse of…
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Launch Preview: Vulcan launches USSF-87, SpaceX sends Crew-12 to ISS
The launch manifest is full this week, with eight launches scheduled from different launch sites worldwide. The week kicked off with a SpaceX Starlink mission on Wednesday, followed by a busy Thursday, during which five different rockets — including a Vulcan, a Proton, and the first Ariane 64 — launched. SpaceX and NASA are launching…
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Russian Proton-M launches Olymp-K-2 military satellite
At 23:13 UTC on March 12, Russia’s Proton-M rocket launched from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the Olymp-K-2 satellite, also referred to as Luch-5X. The Olymp-K satellites are Russian geostationary satellites built for Russian military and intelligence use. Olymp Satellites The Olymp-K satellites, also referred to as Luch, are Russian geostationary satellites built for…
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Russian Elektro-L weather satellite launched on Proton-M
At 09:12 UTC on Feb. 5, 2023, a Proton-M launched from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the fourth Elektro-L satellite to geostationary Earth orbit (GEO). Sunday’s launch is the first of up to three Proton launches planned for 2023, with the next being Olymp-K 2 scheduled for March. The Proton-M launcher is nearing…
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Proton-M flyout continues with launch of Angosat-2
Russia launched Angosat-2 atop a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:00 UTC on Oct. 12. The 118th launch of Proton-M took place from Site 81/24 in Baikonur, and marks the first launch for the Proton-M rocket for 2022. The payload for the mission is the Angosat-2 telecommunications satellite for the African…
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Russia launches two Ekspress satellites via Proton-M
Russia’s Proton-M rocket launched a pair of communications satellites Monday, in a rare outing for Russia’s heavy-lift launch vehicle. Monday’s launch took place at 12:07 UTC (17:07 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the mission lasting 18 hours from liftoff to final spacecraft separation. Proton’s payload is made up of Ekspress-AMU3 and…
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Russia’s long-delayed space station research module arrives at launch base
Russia’s Nauka science module is seen inside its shipping container after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 19. Credit: Energia A long-delayed Russian science module was transported by train from Moscow to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier this month for a final series of electrical tests and outfitting before launch to…
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Russia’s Nauka ISS module arrives at Baikonur for final launch preparations
The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch – which has been delayed for more than 13 years – will mark the resumption of Station expansion. Nauka is currently scheduled to launch on a Proton-M rocket…
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Russia’s Nauka ISS module arrives at Baikonur for final launch preparations
The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch – which has been delayed for more than 13 years – will mark the resumption of Station expansion. Nauka is currently scheduled to launch on a Proton-M rocket…
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Proton rocket lifts off with two Russian Express comsats
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated July 31 after deployment of the Express 80 and Express 103 satellites. Flying for the first time this year, a Proton rocket streaked into space Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with two Russian Express communications satellites that will beam television, radio and broadband signals across the country. The 191-foot-tall (58.2-meter) Proton…