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Zenith-SB Ukrainian Rocket Launched Russian Weather Satellite Electro-LLaunched by Zenith-SB Ukrainian rocket from Baikonur yesterday, Russian weather satellite Electro-L has successfully separated from Fregat-SB upper stage and reached the targeted orbit at 00.28 MSK, Jan. 21.
With this launch, Russia will have its own weather satellite in GSO. Within 10 years of orbital operations, Electro-L will provide Russian and world customers with weather prediction, sea and ocean status, ionosphere status, climate monitoring, ecological data.
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Electro-L overall mission objectives are to provide on an operational basis multispectral imagery (hydro-meteorological data) of the atmosphere (including the cloud-covered sky) and of the Earth's surface within the coverage region (visible disk) of the spacecraft, to collect heliospheric, ionospheric, and magnetospheric data, to provide the needed communication services for the transmission/exchange of all data with the ground segment.
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Three Glonass-M Satellites Reach Targeted OrbitFollowing successful launch of Proton-M with a cluster of three Glonass-M spacecraft September, 2, from Baikonur’s pad 81, the DM-2 upper stage completed its satellite lofting operations at 08.26 MSK.
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Progress M-07M Prelaunch Processing Continues at BaikonurProgress M-07M/Soyuz-U launch campaign goes on at Baikonur.
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Arabsat-5B Launch Campaign at BaikonurPreparations remain on schedule for 4 June launch of Proton Breeze M launcher with ARABSAT’S Badr 5B (technical name Arabsat-5B) telecommunications.
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Soyuz Emergency Landing Sites Maintained All Over the WorldSpecial “landing sites” have been prepared all over the world to provide support in case of Soyuz TMA-16 contingency landing, Interfax quotes Andrey Prianishnikov, Deputy DG, Air Traffic State Corp.
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Three Glonass-M were Put into OrbitMarch 2, Proton-M/DM launch vehicle lifted off successfully at 00.19 (GMT +3) from Baikonur spaceport with 3 spacecrafts proposed for Russian Global Navigation System GLONASS.
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Soyuz TMA-18: Autonomous Tests Completed SuccessfullyAutonomous tests of the Soyuz TMA-18 crew vehicle systems were successfully completed at Baikonur. Space industry commenced integrated tests of the vehicle to verify interaction between the systems.
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The launch-vehicles produced in Ukraine ranked No. 4 in the world under the quantity of launches performed in 2009Under the total number of LVs, which executed delivering of the space crafts in 2009, Ukrainian LVs ranked No.4 in the world on a par with China after Russia, USA, and France (ESA).
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Prelaunch operations with Proton scheduled for the 1st commercial flight in 2010 at BaikonurIntelsat 16 telecommunication satellite has arrived at Baikonur launch site to begin preparation for a launch aboard Proton-M launcher. The satellite was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation for satellite operator Intelsat.
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Ukranian rocket has launched American space craftOn November 30, 2009 at 22:59 Kyiv time (+2 GMT) the fourth successful launch of “Zenit-3SLB” LV has been conducted within “Land Launch” program from Baikonur launching site.
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