Moscow, January 22, 2016, 03:18 – REGNUM Launch rocket “Proton-M” with the spacecraft Eutelsat 9B («Eutelsat-9B”), scheduled from January 28, postponed due to adverse weather conditions which have affected the logistics of delivery. This was reported by IA REGNUM in the press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Currently, the preparation of the carrier rocket in assembly and test complex continues. It is emphasized that “no technical fault during the preparation of the launch vehicle and the spacecraft is not revealed”.
Starting from the cosmodrome “Baikonur” is scheduled for 1:02 MSK 30 January.
Powerful telecommunications spacecraft communications Eutelsat 9B, manufactured by Airbus Defense and Space on the platform Eurostar E3000, designed for digital television and data services in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
According to the contract of the subsidiary Space Center Khrunichev International Launch Services and the French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, which was signed in October last year, during the period from 2016 to 2023 from the cosmodrome “Baikonur” has to be carried out several launches carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the satellites Eutelsat.
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