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Russia Launches Heavy Rocket with Military Satellite by Staff Writers Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2018
A Russian carrier rocket with a military satellite blasted off early on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed. "The Proton-M heavy-lift rocket with a payload commissioned by the Defense Ministry was successfully launched from Baikonur," a spokesperson for the ministry told reporters. The launch took place at 1:12 a.m. Moscow time (22:15GMT) and went off smoothly, the spokesperson added. A Briz-M upper stage separated from the rocket ten minutes later. The satellite was expected to reach the designated orbit in a few hours, according to the Defense Ministry. Previous month, Russia launched a light-class Soyuz-2.1V carrier rocket with a military satellite onboard. It was the first launch of the Soyuz rocket from Russian Plesetsk space center in 2018. Source: Sputnik News
India Struggling to Establish Lost Link With Crucial Communication Satellite New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said it has not given up on the recently launched GSAT-6A that went missing ahead of the third and final course correction firing on April 1. The communication satellite was launched on March 29 this year from the spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. "The scientists completed the second orbit raising operation of GSAT-6A on Saturday and when it was on course to the normal operating configuration for the third and final firing for course c ... read more
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