Jun 4 2015
Russia to drop Proton rocket launcher
Igor Komarov who heads up the Russian Roscosmos Space Agency stated Jun 3 that Russia intended to move more speedily to replacing its now troubled Proton launch rocket, reported news agency TASS. He said that recent failures, including a lost satellite launch in May, meant that rocket builders Krunichev would be switching to its newer […]
Dec 10 2015
Russian Proton launch posponed
Russia’s TASS news agency said December 9th that a planned Proton-M launch of a military satellite, scheduled for December 10th, has now been postponed. The pause will permit the Proton team to carry out extra checks on the system which separates the satellite from the rocket – which is where the Soyuz launch went wrong. […]
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By Expat • International News • Tags: Proton-M, Rosccosmos