MOSCOW, October 17 – RIA Novosti. Carrier rocket “Proton-M” led Turkish communication satellite Turksat-4B into geostationary orbit, told RIA Novosti on Saturday representative of the Russian Space Agency.
“Proton-M”, which started on October 16 at 23.40 Moscow time from the Baikonur cosmodrome October 17 brought into the target orbit with the help of the upper stage “Breeze-M” communication satellite Turksat-4B “, – said the source.
The spacecraft launched into a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers. Turksat-4B – the second telecommunications satellite, created by leading Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) for the Turkish satellite operator Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation AS
The new device will provide the services of broadcasting and broadband services in Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Turksat-4B will be positioned in geostationary orbit at distances of 50 degrees east longitude.
The current launch of “Proton” – the third after the accident, which occurred May 16, 2015. Then it faded Mexican MexSat-1 satellite. Recognized cause of the accident was the failure of the steering motor stage III due to increased vibronagruzok, increased steering motor rotor imbalance associated with degradation of its material properties under high temperatures and imperfection balancing scheme. The refusal was constructive, and the assurance of the Khrunichev Center, all other collected now rockets have already eliminated.
In the future launch vehicle took place in normal mode: August 28, “Proton” orbited the British spacecraft Inmarsat -5F3, and on September 15 – a Russian communications satellite “Express AM8″.
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