American communications satellite Sirius FM-6, separated from the upper stage “Breeze-M”, was released into orbit. Satellite delivered the Russian carrier rocket “Proton-M”, said the Russian Space Agency.
After separating Sirius FM-6 from the upper stage around 7:00 am Moscow vremni the Russian part of the program for the removal of a satellite into orbit was performed.
Note that the launch date of Sirius FM-6 postponed several times – first on October 20 it was postponed for a day, and then – for an indefinite period of time. As a result, start-up “Proton-M” with U.S. satellite took place on October 25 around 22:08 MSK from Baikonur. As noted in the Federal Space Agency, launch was postponed at the request of the U.S. side because of a problem at the receiving station in South Africa.
Sirius FM-6 provides satellite broadcasting to North America. It is expected that his term will be 15 years old. The satellite is the company Satellite CD Radio, which Sirius FM-6 will soon be submitted to the management.
launches rocket “Proton-M” were resumed in late September after a break of 3 months. The cause of the break was an accident rocket on July 2. Having started with three GLONASS satellites on board, “Proton-M” lights up in the first minute, hit the ground and exploded. Then uscheb amounted to about 4 billion rubles.
October 26, 2013
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