Launch of «Proton -M» rocket with «Sirius FM -6» US satellite delayed - Roscosmos
09:40, 21 October 2013
BAIKONUR. October 21. KAZINFORM — Launching of "Proton -M" booster with the upper stage "Breeze-M" and "Sirius FM -6" spacecraft scheduled on the night of October 21 has been postponed for one day.
As the press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency informs the decision to postpone the start of "Proton-M " was taken by the state commission at the request of a foreign customer.
The satellite is a commercial spacecraft, owned by North American satellite operator Sirius XM Radio (Satellite CD Radio, Inc).