Sunday, December 8, 2013

Rocket "Proton-M" with foreign satellite prepares for launch from Baikonur - TVNZ

On the Baikonur cosmodrome finalized to launch rocket “Proton-M” with the upper stage “Breeze-M» and spacecraft Inmarsat-5F1. Launch is scheduled for 16:12 Moscow time on Sunday.

representative Khrunichev Center reported that the satellite launch lnmarsat-5F1 performed by already-established pattern removal using a regular flight path and impact areas of separated parts of the launch vehicle.

– Using standard path simplifies the development of breeding programs and carrying out appropriate calculations and analysis, thereby increasing the reliability of the system – added to the Center.

According

cyclogram flight 120 and 328 seconds after lift-off from the carrier rocket launch pad, there will be separating the first and second stages of the launch vehicle. Nosecone, under which there is a satellite will be reset at the beginning of the third stage of flight, “Proton-M” on the 347th second.

Branch orbiter as part of the upper stage and the spacecraft will occur at 582 th second, Interfax reports.

Meanwhile, many still can not forget the disastrous launch of three GLONASS satellites July 2 – while the rocket deviated from its path and crashed into the ground, and it all happened on live television broadcast.

However, the next rocket launch took place without incident – into orbit was successfully launched a European telecommunications satellite.

Nevertheless, a few days later was dismissed former head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin. Earlier Accounting Chamber has audited departments and found it ineffective.

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