Nov 14 2014
Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch Astra 2G Payload: ASTRA 2G communications satellite Eurostar E3000 Platform Separated spacecraft mass: ~6,020 kg Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M 705,000 kg (1,554,000 lb), including payload 58.2 m (191ft) Launch Date: November 28, 2014 Launch Time: 03:24:33 Baikonur 00:24:33 Moscow 22:24:33 Luxembourg and CET (27 Nov) 21:24:33 GMT […]
May 9 2014
PARIS — tellite had received the required U.S. shipping license and was ready to be sent to Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome for launch, but that the liftoff had been delayed from June until sometime between July and September. The launch has attracted interest because of industry concerns that U.S. sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s […]
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Dec 9 2014
Astra 2G Launch set for December 28
PARIS — Satellite fleet operator SES’s Astra 2G satellite, whose Nov. 28 launch on a Russian Proton rocket was scrapped following a last-minute issue with the rocket’s Breeze-M upper stage, will now cede its place on the Proton launch manifest to Gazprom Space Systems of Moscow, according to Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. As a result, […]
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