“Proton” fulfilled his mission: the British satellite reached geostationary orbit – BBC News

The satellite communication “Inmarsat-5F3″ was released into geostationary orbit, according to Roscosmos. “Telecommunications satellite” Inmarsat-5F3 “at the estimated time reached geostationary orbit. The launch can be considered successful,” – said the representative of the Agency.

Three new satellite series Inmarsat-5 to update the group orbital fleet of the British company Inmarsat Plc were ordered in August 2010, the American company “Boeing” (Boeing Satellite Systems), which is built on the platform of their BSS-702HP. Each spacecraft weighing more than 6 tons of 89 transponders installed on Ka-band. Geostationary spacecraft must have worked at least 15 years.

The first two satellites were launched “Proton” in December 2013 and February 2015. With the commissioning of the third satellite system will acquire global coverage and provide a full range of global mobile satellite, including mobile broadband for maritime vessels, in-flight connectivity for airline passengers and streaming high definition video, voice and data.

Start carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the spacecraft and upper stage took place on Friday. This is the start of the program resumed launches of Russian heavy rocket “Proton-M”, suspended after the accident, “Proton” satellite “MeksSat-1″ (MexSat-1) May 16, 2015. The queue has accumulated a number of satellites to be run until the end of the year: the Russian “Express AM-8″ (orbit insertion is scheduled to perform on September 14th), the Turkish Turksat 4B (its launch is scheduled for October 6), the satellite “Cosmos” series (created by the order of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, commissioning scheduled for the end of October), the European satellite Eutelsat 9B and the Russian “Express AMU1″ (starting in November).

The successful implementation of the program runs until the end of 2015 is crucial for Russian space industry – in 2016 in the global aerospace should open with the launch of the Mars station “exomars” (ExoMars) carrier rocket “Proton-M” and the launch of a rocket “Proton” is to come up with a restored reputation as a reliable carrier, said the agency “Interfax” .

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