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November 27, 2012

Russian Briz-M puts US satellite into orbit
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Nov 25, 2012
A Russian Briz-M upper stage has successfully put a US Ecostar-16 communication satellite into orbit. According to Roscosmos, this happened at 7:43 Moscow time this morning. A Proton-M carrier rocket with an upper stage and an Ecostar-16 was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the evening of the 20th of November. The US satellite is meant for providing telecommunication services and direct broadcasting on US territory. The launch of the previous communication satellite commission ... read more

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