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Russia To Launch Two Telecom Satellites On Jan 28 And Feb 10
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2008 Russia is to launch two communication satellites in the coming weeks from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said on Thursday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said the Proton-M rocket, carrying an Express-AM33 satellite, was on schedule for take-off on January 28. The Express-AM33 was designed by the Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Science and Production Association (NPO PM) to provide TV and satellite communications all over the Russian Federation. The second launch, of the Thor-2R comsat, owned by Norway's Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, is scheduled for February 10. The Thor-2R spacecraft will provide Ku-band fixed telecommunications and direct-to-home television broadcasting services from Telenor's 1 degree West Longitude orbital location. Proton-M launch services are provided by Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services (ILS), which received $1.5 billion in new launch orders in 2007. ILS is owned by Space Transport Inc., Khrunichev State Research and Production Center, and RSC Energia. Last year was the joint venture's first as an independent company marketing the Proton Breeze-M vehicle. The company said the deals represent "contracts for 17 launches of Proton, Russia's premier heavy-lift launcher, through 2013." ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle worldwide to commercial satellite operators. Khrunichev, one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry, manufactures the Proton.
Source: RIA Novosti Related Links Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com
Boosting Capability: Santa Maria Station To Join ESTRACK
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 16, 2008A new station will join ESA's tracking network on 17 January 2008. Located on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria in the Azores, the station will track launches from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as they pass overhead at 28 000 km per hour. |
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