Baikonur prepares for 400th launch of Proton
12:22, 31 October 2014
BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM - Baikonur cosmodrome specialists are working intensively to complete the launch schedule 2014, the press service of the Russian Space Agency informs.
European telecommunications spacecraft "Astra-2G" is scheduled to be launched on November 28. Six ton geostationary satellite "Astra-2G" will be launched by a carrier rocket "Proton-M" with the upper stage "Breeze-M". This will be the 400th launch of Proton carrier rocket, said the press service. December 12 "Yamal-401" spacecraft will be launched from Baikonur spaceport.