Baikonur prepares for 400th launch of Proton

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM - Baikonur cosmodrome specialists are working intensively to complete the launch schedule 2014, the press service of the Russian Space Agency informs.

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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.