MOSCOW, October 7 – RIA Novosti. Start carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the Turkish satellite Turksat 4B, previously scheduled for October 14, will be postponed to October 16, RIA Novosti reported several sources in the space industry.
According to the source, the transfer is not related to any problems with the “Proton”. Official confirmation of the Russian Space Agency to postpone the launch of RIA Novosti does not yet have.
The launch weight of the spacecraft, manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric – MELCO (Japan) commissioned by the satellite operator Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation AS (Turkey), will exceed 4,900 kilograms. Withdrawal of the satellite into the target orbit will provide the upper stage “Breeze-M”.
The spacecraft accompanied by personnel of the manufacturer arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 2, September 16 with a manufacturer’s Khrunichev Khrunichev Spaceport delivered to the upper stage.
The contract for the launch of the carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the spacecraft Turksat 4B signed a Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services (ILS). The company ILS has exclusive marketing rights in the world market of the Russian carrier rocket heavy class “Proton-M”. Since May 2008, a majority stake in ILS owned Federal State Unitary Enterprise “State Research and Production Space Center Khrunichev” – developer and manufacturer of rocket “Proton” and the upper stage “Breeze-M”.
Rocket booster “Proton” for the second time will be used to launch spacecraft, manufactured based on the platform MELCO. In February 2014 the carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the upper stage “Breeze-M” has successfully placed into orbit a communications satellite Turksat 4A, also created by MELCO for the Turkish operator Turksat Satellite Communication.
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