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American Sirius-Radio FM5 satellite launched with Russian Proton-M carrier

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will supply radio transmission for center and north America

A Russian booster rocket Proton-M has been launched yesterday evening at 11:10 pm Moscow's time. Lift off took place from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. Proton-M's upper stage, the Breeze-M, carried into orbit the Sirius-Radio FM5, American-built telecommunications satellite. Separation of the spacecraft from the booster successfully took place at 8:24 am Moscow's time. "The foreign satellite...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106552
Rome, Italy, 07/01/2009 11:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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