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\nThe first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the Breeze M fourth stage, with the satellite, into a suborbital trajectory, from which the Breeze M will place itself and the spacecraft into a circular reference, or parking, orbit of 173 km <\/b>(107.5 miles<\/b>), inclined at 51.5 degrees. <\/font>
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\nThen the satellite will be propelled to its transfer orbit by additional burns of the Breeze M. Following separation from the Breeze M, the spacecraft will perform a series of liquid apogee engine burns to raise perigee, lower inclination and circularize the orbit at the geostationary altitude of 35,786 km <\/b>(22,236 miles<\/b>).<\/font>
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\nWeather is forecast to be good for launch, with engineers posting on the ILS blog noting: \u2018At the State Commission meeting, weather reports indicated the possibility of some precipitation on launch day. <\/p>\n
\nThe Anik F3 satellite will provide a full range of satellite communications services that include telephony, business communications, Internet-based services and television transmission and is equipped with 24 active transponders in C-band, 32 in Ku-band and 2 in Ka-band. <\/p>\n
\nThis will be the 40th Proton launch for ILS, and the 325th Proton mission overall.
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