mardi 20 novembre 2012

Proton-M with EchoStar XVI liftoff















ILS / ROSCOSMOS - EchoStar XVI Mission poster.

11/20/2012

 Proton-M with EchoStar XVI liftoff

November 20 at 22:31:00 Moscow time from the launch complex of the platform 200 Baikonur starting calculations of rocket-space industry performed launch space (ILV) Proton-M with the upper stage (RB) Breeze-M and the communication space vehicle (SV) EchoStar-16.

Launch of an ILS Proton-M Rocket with EchoStar 16

According to the launch in cyclogram 22:40:42 MSK head unit in the Republic of Belarus Briz-M and SC EchoStar-16 was separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle.

EchoStar XVI

Further removal of the spacecraft to the target orbit is produced by the march of the propulsion upper stage. EchoStar 16 is a direct-to-home television broadcasting satellite covering North America for EchoStar Corp.

Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19705

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Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ILS / ILS TV / Translation: Orbiter.ch.

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