rocket “Proton-M” with the upper stage “Breeze-M” and U.S. satellite Sirius FM-6 on board was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, said the Russian Space Agency.
start was made on Friday, 25 October, at 22.08 MSK. “According to the flight cyclogram head unit in the Republic of Belarus” Breeze-M “spacecraft and Sirius FM-6 cleanly separated from the third stage rocket to 22.18 MSK”, – reported in the Russian space agency.
Note that this launch postponed twice at the request of the U.S. side due to a failure in the work of one of the U.S. land-based stations.
add that this is the second launch of the rocket “Proton-M” after an accident in July 2013. The accident rocket “Proton-M” with three GLONASS satellites occurred early in the morning on July 2 2013. when starting from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
As a result, contingency rocket fell to the ground and exploded. Damage, according to experts, has made more than 4 billion rubles. The Commission, headed by deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Alexander Lopatin, came to the conclusion that the cause of the accident was the improper installation of three of the six sensors velocity missiles. The sensors were installed “upside down” employees of a company Khrunichev im.M.V.Hrunicheva.
October 25, 2013
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