Russia to Put 5 Intelsat Satellites Into Orbit Over Next Eight Years
08:58, 12 November 2015
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Five Proton-M carrier rocket launches from the Baikonur space center will have been conducted by 2023. A subsidiary of Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has signed a contract with global satellite provider Intelsat to launch several Proton-M carrier rockets to put the company's satellites into orbit, according to a Wednesday center press release.
"International Launch Services... and Intelsat, the world's leading satellite communications provider, signed a contract for five Proton-M carrier rocket launches from the Baikonur space center by 2023," the press release read. The Proton-M, produced by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, is the largest carrier rocket in Russia's space launch vehicle fleet. The rocket has lifted dozens of Russian-made and foreign satellites since it was first launched in 2001. Source: Sputniknews