MOSCOW, October 29 – RIA Novosti. of the Russian Federation signed a contract with the French satellite operator Eutelsat on launches satellite rocket “Proton-M” from 2016 to 2023, said on Thursday on the website of Roskosmos.
“Subsidiary Space Center. MV Khrunichev International Launch Services (ILS), and one of the leading satellite operators Eutelsat Communications (Paris, France) signed a long-term contract for launch services launch vehicle (LV) “Proton-M”. In the period 2016 – 2023 years, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome will be done several launches of “Proton-M” with the satellites Eutelsat “, – said in a statement.
The first launch under the contract to be implemented with spacecraft Eutelsat 9B. It is a powerful telecommunications satellite communications, manufactured by Airbus Defense and Space on the platform Eurostar E3000. Eutelsat 9B is designed for digital television and data services in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
“To launch satellites in the target orbit launch vehicle” Proton-M “will be used in the upper stage” Breeze-M “. Over the past 15 years with the help of “Proton” was launched 11 units for the constellation Eutelsat “, – said the space center Khrunichev.
Booster heavy class” Proton-M “and the upper stage” Breeze-M “I designed and produced by Research and Production Space Center. MV Khrunichev, the press service of the Russian Space Agency.
Carrier rocket “Proton” – the basis of Russian space transportation system, is used to launch payloads into near-Earth orbits and escape trajectories within federal and commercial programs. In 50 years of operation (1965) took already 407 launches of “Proton”. The upgraded rocket “Proton-M”, equipped with the upper stage “Breeze-M”, capable of delivering at geosynchronous transfer orbit a payload of more than 6 tonnes.
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