MOSCOW, January 30 – RIA Novosti. Carrier rocket “Proton-M” and the upper stage “Breeze-M” brought into the calculated orbit a European communications satellite Eutelsat 9B, told RIA Novosti on Saturday representative state corporation “Roscosmos”.
The launch from Baikonur was moved from January 28, due to adverse weather conditions and took place on 30 January at 01.20 MSK.
“It has been the separation of the European spacecraft Eutelsat 9B from the upper stage. Thus the program run has been fully implemented, “- said the official.
The launch was carried out in the framework of a long-term contract signed in October 2015, a subsidiary of Space Center named after MV Khrunichev International Launch Services (ILS) from one of the leading satellite operators Eutelsat Communications (Paris, France). Over the past 15 years with the help of rockets “Proton” was launched 11 satellites for the constellation Eutelsat.
The European communications satellite Eutelsat 9B is designed for digital television and data services in Italy, Germany, Greece, parts of Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. The spacecraft will be located at the orbital position 9 degrees east.
The satellite is made by the French defense and space division of the European consortium Airbus Group – the company Airbus Defense and Space (Toulouse, France). The launch weight of the spacecraft – about 5162 kilograms.
Carrier rocket “Proton” and the upper stage “Breeze-M” series are designed and manufactured in the Space Center of MV Khrunichev. The upgraded rocket “Proton-M”, equipped with the data of the upper stage capable of delivering on the geosynchronous transfer orbit a payload of more than 6 tonnes.
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