Russians Launch US Telecoms Satellite From Kazakh Base

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Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2005
A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, in the sixth such launch since the beginning of last year, the ITAR-TASS news agency said quoting a space-station official.

The satellite, belonging to the DirecTV group in the United States, which broadcasts digital television to 14 million homes, was scheduled to separate from the rocket early Monday.

Five further launches for US operators were scheduled later this year.

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NOAA-18 Launched After Week Of Delays

Vandenberg (SPX) May 21, 2005
NASA successfully launched a new environmental satellite today for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world.

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