Proton-M rocket carrier to be launched from Baikonur cosmodrome
20:45, 9 July 2012
MOSCOW. Ju;y 10. KAZINFORM Proton-M rocket carrier will be soon launched from Baikonur space launching site in Kazakhstan. It was placed at the launching pad of the cosmodrome on Monday.
That's according to Roscosmos federal space agency. Proton-M is due to orbit a Dutch communication satellite, Sirius-5. The launch is operated by the Khrunichev Space Center, which is a producer of Protons carrier rockets and Briz-M boosters. Monday launch will be the sixth Proton mission of the year, Itar-Tass reports.
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