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Russia launches 2 foreign satellites into orbit
by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2011

Russia launches 2 foreign satellites into orbit. Photo courtesy RIA Novosti.

Russia launched early on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a Kazakh and a U.S. communications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.

"The Proton-M launch was carried out on schedule at 03.16 am Moscow time [23:16 GMT on Friday," a Roscosmos spokesman said.

The U.S. SES-3 satellite is expected to separate from the launch vehicle at 11.17 am Moscow time (07:17 GMT) while the KazSat-2 satellite will separate at 12.40 am Moscow time (08:40 GMT).

It is the second launch of a Proton carrier rocket in 2011 and the 365th launch in the Proton's flight history.

The Proton-M rockets with the Briz-M boosters are produced by Russia's Khrunichev space corporation.

Source: RIA Novosti




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