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Russia launches rocket with navigator satellites MOSCOW, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Russian carrier rocket blasted off on Thursday from Baikonur cosmodrome, a Central Asian launching pad, with three navigator satellites atop, local media reported. The Proton carrier rocket is expected to send into orbit the three satellites of the GLONASS network, a Russian version of the U.S. Globle Positioning System (GPS), said a spokesman of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). The delivery...
MOSCOW. Sep 25 (Interfax-AVN) - Three GLONASS-M satellites launched by a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center (Kazakhstan) on Thursday have detached from the DM booster bloc and took up their calculated orbits. "The satellites will be switched on after a series of cyclic tests to adjust control systems and systems responsible for the reception and transmission of signals. This may take roughly between 30 and 60 days after the launch," a source in the Russian space agency...
MOSCOW. Sept 25 (Interfax-AVN) - A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three Glonass-M satellites has been launched from the Baikonur space center. "The launch was successful. The DM booster and the satellites will reach the orbit in approximately nine minutes," a source at the Federal Space Agency told Interfax-AVN. (c) 2008 Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
Russian rocket sends Canadian satellite into space MOSCOW, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia launched a Proton-M space vehicle early Saturday to send a Canadian communication satellite into orbit, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. The carrier was launched at 01:48 Moscow time (2148 GMT) from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, said Alexander Bobrenev, Press Secretary of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. The rocket was scheduled to orbit the Canadian satellite on...
An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully carried the Nimiq 4 satellite into space for Telesat today. This was the fourth launch of the year, and 47th overall, for ILS. The satellite, built by EADS Astrium, was the second Eurostar 3000 bus launched by ILS in a little over a month. Proton builder Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow is the majority owner of ILS, which is based in Reston, Va. The Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur...
By Arman Ahmad KUALA LUMPUR: A RM13.50 drive from here to Taiping? Based on current petrol prices the typical responses today might be "impossible" or "unimaginable". It costs a minimum of RM45 to make the 300km journey. But what if petrol is taken out of the equation and electricity is used instead? Proton is expected to place an electric car on the road by the end of next year in an effort to make car-ownership easier on the pocket amid rising fuel costs. On the cards is the possible...
Text of report in English by corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN website Baikonur, 17 September: Luxembourg telecommunications satellite Astra 1M is due to be launched from Baikonur in late October - early November, the Baikonur federal space centre told Interfax. "The launch will be carried out by the Proton M carrier rocket and the Breeze M upper stage rocket," a source said. A rolling stock carrying the Proton M rocket was sent to Baikonur from the Moscow Khrunichev...
MOSCOW. Sept 15 (Interfax-AVN) - The Baikonur spaceport is preparing to launch a Proton-M rocket with three GLONASS-M satellites onboard, the Federal Space Agency website said on Monday. The launch is scheduled for September 25. As of now, the GLONASS cluster is made up of 16 satellites, including 14 operational, one with an expired service life, and one under regular maintenance. (c) 2008 Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
Text of report in English by corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN website Baikonur, 10 September: The launch of the Express AM-44 and Express MD-1 communication satellites by means of a Proton-M rocket, scheduled for 2008, could be postponed until 2009, a source with the Baikonur federal space centre told Interfax on Wednesday. "This is linked to the fact that the Moscow-based Khrunichev centre has problems with the production of the Express MD-1 spacecraft. It was...
By Izwan Ismail RISING oil prices and advances in battery technology are refuelling interest in electric cars. Izwan Ismail recently buckled up Detroit Electric's electric car technology at Proton's Test Circuit in Shah Alam. Just imagine: Before going to sleep, you plug in a charger into your car. The next morning, the car's all charged up and ready for your drive to work. Too far-fetched a thought? Well, Dutch car manufacturer Detroit Electric is working towards making fully...
