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October 18, 2013

Russia Readies Proton Rocket for October 20 Launch
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 18, 2013
A Proton-M carrier rocket with a US telecoms satellite will be transported early Thursday to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for launch on October 20, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said. According to Roscosmos, the Proton rocket with a Briz-M booster and the Sirius FM-6 satellite has been cleared for the launch by a special state commission on Wednesday. It will be a second Proton mission after a launch failure in July when a Proton-M rocket carrying ... read more

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