MOSCOW, Oct. 21 – RIA Novosti. rocket “Proton-M” with American communications satellite Sirius FM-6 is expected to kick off on Monday night from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
This will be the second start of “Proton-M” after the July accident, which resulted in lost three GLONASS satellites.
Originally
“Proton” was supposed to start on Sunday evening, but the launch was postponed for a day at the request of the American side. According to the representative of the Russian Federal Space Agency Sergei Gorbunov, Americans were asked about it, because they did not work station information in South Africa. The State Commission on the cosmodrome “Baikonur” approved the transfer back to the start date – October 21. The planned start time – 22.13 MSK.
contract for the use of “Proton-M” to launch the satellite Sirius FM-6, the mass of which exceeds 6 tons, the company entered into an International Launch Services Inc. (ILS), which has the exclusive right to market and commercial operation of carrier rockets “Proton”.
Sirius FM-6 is a commercial spacecraft belonging North American satellite operator Sirius XM Radio (Satellite CD Radio, Inc). The original name of the satellite – Radiosat-6. It is designed to operate in geostationary orbit and will emit a signal twice as powerful than the previous series devices. The unit will provide satellite broadcast to North America. In addition, it will be the largest and most powerful satellite fleet Sirius XM Radio. The satellite was built on the platform of the 1300 series manufactured by Space Systems / Loral with a lifetime of more than 15 years.
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