EKR troops “buried” block, delivered into orbit a British satellite – RIA Novosti

© Photo: Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

MOSCOW, February 2 – RIA Novosti. Army Air and Space Defense of the Russian Federation led away to a disposal orbit upper stage “Breeze-M”, the withdrawal of the British on the target orbit communication satellite Inmarsat 5F-2, told RIA Novosti on Monday, the representative of the press service and information Russian Defense Ministry troops to Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin EKR.

Launcher “Proton-M” with the upper stage “Breeze-M” and the spacecraft Inmarsat 5F-2 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 15.31 MSK February 1. Start and head of the department of space held regularly. Derivation of the target satellite orbit supersinhronnuyu held at the estimated time – 07.02 MSK February 2nd. This launch is the first in Russia in 2015 and 402nd in the history of flight of the launch vehicle.

“Specialists Main Test Space Center GIKTS name Titov Space Command Troops EKR completed operations for transfer into the upper stage” Breeze -M “to the target orbit spacecraft Inmarsat 5F-2 on the so-called graveyard orbit” – said Zolotukhin.

© Photo: Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

He explained that the withdrawal “razgonnika” was carried out at the expense of a few inclusions propulsion system in order to give him momentum necessary to slip it into orbit at an altitude of about 43 thousand kilometers.

“operations for transfer booster” Briz-M “ended at 12 hours and 13 minutes MSK” – said the colonel.

Inmarsat 5F-2, the second of three Inmarsat satellites fifth generation (I-5), is designed to provide communication services in North and South America and the Atlantic. The first of the satellites of I-5 was successfully launched by a rocket “Proton-M” in December 2013. The device is manufactured by Boeing Satellite Systems (USA) commissioned by satellite operator Inmarsat (UK). His starting weight – about 6 tons.

The contract for the launch of the spacecraft Inmarsat 5F2 via the carrier rocket “Proton-M” concluded the Russian-American joint venture ILS – International Launch Services Inc. (Reston, United States). Controlling stake in ILS owned Federal State Unitary Enterprise “State Research and Production Space Center Khrunichev” – developer and manufacturer of carrier rocket “Proton” and the upper stage “Breeze-M”, as well as long-term space rocket complex “Angara”.