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This was the 326th launch of a Proton, the 16th Proton-M/Briz-M launch, and the 41st Proton launch to be conducted by ILS. [13] It features more efficient first stage engines, updated avionics, lighter fuel tanks and more powerful vernier engines on the Briz-M upper stage, and mass reduction throughout the rocket, including thinner fuel tank ...
The spacecraft was launched on 27 July 2013 at 20:45 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. [4] The launch was the first out of Baikonur since a disastrous Proton-M failure on 2 July 2013. Docking
Proton-M/DM-03 8K82KM/11S861-03 Site 81/24 Ekspress AM8: Geosynchronous Success Communications 935-56 16 October 2015 20:40:11 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 Site 200/39 Türksat 4B: Geosynchronous transfer Success [49] Communications, Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services 535-44 13 December 2015 00:19:00 Proton-M/Briz-M ...
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On 2 July 2013, a Proton-M launching three GLONASS navigation satellites experienced a failure reminiscent of the 1960s disasters shortly after liftoff when the booster crashed near LC-39 at Baikonour, ending a 30-year unbroken stretch without a first stage failure; all future Proton flights were suspended pending investigation. [25]
15 April 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Kazakhstan Success Anik-G1 satellite [25] 69 14 May 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Kazakhstan Success Eutelsat-3D satellite [26] 70 3 June 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Kazakhstan Success SES-6 communication satellite Satellite deployed into super-synchronous transfer orbit [27] 71 30 September 2013
Following the failure, the Blok DM-03 was grounded for further tests, with a Proton-M/Briz-M and several smaller Soyuz-2 rockets being used for GLONASS launches over the next 30 months. [ 5 ] The July 2013 flight, which marked the Blok DM-03's return to flight was another GLONASS launch, also conducted from Site 81/24, with liftoff occurring on ...
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