"The satellite will be propelled into the designed orbit with the engines of the DM-03 booster unit," Roscosmos said.
The satellite’s separation from the booster is expected at 04:37 Moscow time on September 15.
[tass.ru]
14/9/15
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Monday, September 14, 2015
Russia’s communication satellite Ekspress-AM8 separates from Proton-M rocket
"The satellite will be propelled into the designed orbit with the engines of the DM-03 booster unit," Roscosmos said.
The satellite’s separation from the booster is expected at 04:37 Moscow time on September 15.
[tass.ru]
14/9/15
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The Russian Federal Space Agency said that Russia's Proton-M space rocket carrying the Express-AM8 communications satellite lifted off on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan...
ReplyDeleteMOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia's Proton-M space rocket carrying the Express-AM8 communications satellite lifted off on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.
"The Proton launch was carried out as planned [at 10:00 p.m. Moscow time (19:00 GMT)," the official said.
"The separation of the Express-AM8 from the [DM-03] booster is expected on September 15 at 04.37 a.m. Moscow time," he added.
It is the second successful launch of a Proton rocket since May accident, which resulted in a loss of a Mexican satellite.
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Russia's Express-AM8 communications satellite, which lifted off on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a Proton-M space rocket, separated from the DM-03 booster and was put into orbit...
ReplyDelete"Express-AM8 was delivered into the proper orbit, and later will be gradually transferred to the calculated point of standing on the geostationary," a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos told RIA Novosti.
Monday's launch was the second successful launch of a Proton rocket since May accident, which resulted in a loss of a Mexican satellite.......http://sptnkne.ws/JAu
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