The Ekspress-AMU3 and Ekspress-AMU7 telecom satellites, made by the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company and the European company Thales Alenia Space Italia, will be put into orbit for the Russian Satellite Communications Company.
11.12.2021
Proton to launch two satellites on December 13 after delay
The rocket and the satellites will be placed on a launch pad on Saturday, director general at the state-owned Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin revealed
A Proton-M launch vehicle carrying the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 satellites is scheduled to blast off on December 3, Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation told TASS.
Dmitry Rogozin, director general at the state-owned Roscosmos, said on Telegram that the rocket and the satellites will be placed on a launch pad on Saturday.
Rogozin earlier told TASS that the Proton-M launch was moved from December 6 to December 12 in order to perform additional work on the rocket’s booster. The corporation said there was a deficiency in the Briz-M booster.
Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7, made by ISS-Reshetnev Company and Thales Alenia Space, will be launched for Russian Satellite Communications Company, known also as RSCC and Kosmicheskaya Svyaz.
Express-AMU3 will take the orbital position at 96.5° East while Express-AMU7 at 145° East.
Quelle: TASS
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Update: 12.12.2021
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Proton-M carrier rocket installed on launchpad at Baikonur spaceport
The Ekspress-AMU3 and Ekspress-AMU7 telecom satellites, made by the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company and the European company Thales Alenia Space Italia, will be put into orbit for the Russian Satellite Communications Company
The Proton-M rocket carrying two Ekspress-AMU3 and Ekspress-AMU7 telecom satellites, which is expected to be launched on December 13, has been installed on a launchpad at the Baikonur spaceport, Russia’s Roscosmos state space agency said on Twitter on Saturday.
"The Proton-M rocket is installed on the launchpad No. 39 of Site 200 and brought into a vertical position," the tweet reads.
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin announced earlier that the launch had been rescheduled from December 6 to December 12 due to the need to refine the rocket’s booster. Roscosmos specified later that experts from the Khrunichev Center had resolved an issue with the Briz-M booster.
However, an issue was detected in the booster on Friday and the launch was moved to a backup date, December 13.
Quelle: TASS
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Update: 13.12.2021
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Launch of Russian Proton-M Rocket with Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU-7
Quelle: Roscosmos
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