Transfer to start the day "Proton" with U.S. satellite approved by the state commission - Kommersant

Transfer to start the day “Proton” with U.S. satellite approved by the state commission

State Commission at the Baikonur Cosmodrome approved the request of the U.S. side to postpone the launch rocket “Proton-M” with an American spacecraft “Sirius FM-6 “informed” Interfax “in the Khrunichev Space Center on October 20. “State Commission moved to start a backup date – for a day” – said the representative of the space center. According to him, the decision was made by two Presidents of the State Commission Yevgeny Anisimov and Andrei Wyszynski (representative of the Ministry of Defense). At the State Commission was also present new head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko. Standby time for a missile launch “Proton-M”, which was supposed to start at 22:13 MSK on October 20 – 22:12 MSK on October 21.