Rocket “Proton” successfully orbited Russian satellite “Ray”, together with the upper stage “Breeze-M” – radio station Echo of Moscow

08:05 , 28 September 2014

It started last night from Baikonur. Branch of the satellite unit is expected in half an hour. This is the first start of “Proton” after the accident in May this year. And had not all launch vehicles in this class is successful. Proton brought a lot of headache to officials. In May this year the booster fell to 10th minute after take-off from Baikonur. There was an emergency situation in the third stage. Together with the Russian Proton left without the most powerful telecommunications spacecraft. Communication satellite Express, according to several media reports, he cost the Russian budget by almost 5 billion rubles. In July last year, an incident with Proton led to the resignation of the head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin. The rocket then fell in the first minute, that is, immediately after the launch from Baikonur. She had to bring into space three Glonass navigation satellites. The reason – improper installation angular rate sensors on the rocket. Almost a year before PE in August 2012go launch Proton also ended in failure. The rocket failed to put into orbit a Russian communications satellite Express and Indonesian Telkom-3 satellite. A serious incident occurred in the 2010m. Over the past few years, it is estimated the press, the Russian budget lost on unsuccessful launches a 20-billion rubles.