Proton-M booster rocket with American satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome

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Roscosmos is conducting a direct text translation about the flight of the Proton-M launch vehicle launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The rocket should put into orbit an American communications satellite EchoStarXXI. This is the first launch of a Russian launch vehicle of this class in the last year.

The rocket with the Briz-M booster module was launched at 6: 45 (MSK). A few minutes after the start, the staffing section of the first stage occurred, the engines of the second stage reached the required operating mode. Some time later the second stage was separated, and the launch of the third stage main engine took place.

Proton-M booster rocket with American satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome


Recall that the start of the Proton-M in connection with technical problems, which VO described in its materials, was postponed several times. The specialists of the M. Khrunichev Center and other Roscosmos enterprises carried out all the necessary work and carried out the pre-launch preparation complex of the launch vehicle itself.

All the details from the Roscosmos Communications Center, presented specifically for “VO”:

All stages of flight of the launch vehicle proceeded normally. After 9 minutes 42 seconds after launch, the orbital unit as part of the Briz-M upper stage and geostationary satellite separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle and continued its flight in an autonomous mode.

The achievement of the orbit of the launch of the EkoStar-21 spacecraft, a geosynchronous transitional orbit, will be accomplished at the expense of the 5-ti inclusions of the marching propulsion system of the Briz-M upper stage.

In accordance with the launch program, the separation of the EkoStar-21 unit from the upper stage is expected approximately 9 hours 13 minutes after the start - in 15: 58 Moscow time.

The contract to launch the EkoStar-21 spacecraft using the Proton-M launch vehicle was signed by the International Launch Services Inc., a Russian-American enterprise International Launch Services. (ILS).

The Ecostar-21 spacecraft was manufactured by Space Systems Loral / SSL (USA) by order of the global satellite operator Ekostar / Echostar (USA). EcoStar-21 is a newest geostationary spacecraft built on the 1300 SSL platform, designed to provide mobile satellite communications services in Europe.
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  1. +10
    8 June 2017 07: 15
    Is a regional power orbiting American satellites? laughing ..strange .... But what about the sanctions? laughing
    1. +7
      8 June 2017 07: 32
      From the point of view of some American politicians, the headline “ISIS launched the US satellite into space” should not surprise anyone smile
      1. +3
        8 June 2017 07: 44
        Americans say that both Russia and ISIS are the main threats to the United States. So the Americans will not have to be surprised if instead of their astronaut on the ISS we send the barmaley from ISIS. Let him declare his Caliphate there. wassat
        1. +6
          8 June 2017 07: 49
          Quote: Rich
          Americans say that both Russia and ISIS are the main threats to the United States.

          state politicians. and normal people do their job. business is business
          1. 0
            8 June 2017 15: 04
            Quote: Lukich
            Quote: Rich
            Americans say that both Russia and ISIS are the main threats to the United States.

            state politicians. and normal people do their job. business is business

            It is it - business az south ...
    2. +3
      8 June 2017 07: 44
      Quote: Black
      Is a regional power orbiting American satellites? laughing ..strange .... But what about the sanctions? laughing

      Yes, because cheap ... why bother yourself? Americans have always been able to commercialize, so ... while we roll them on the "past" they invest in the "future". so it’s not funny, but sad.
    3. +3
      8 June 2017 07: 51
      Quote: Black
      . And what about the sanctions?

      and sanctions are for gay people. Sheriff doesn't care about Indians problems
    4. +1
      8 June 2017 07: 59
      We help partners to impose sanctions on us. And that money does not smell.
    5. +4
      8 June 2017 08: 23
      Quote: Black
      Is a regional power orbiting American satellites? laughing ..strange ....What about sanctions? laughing

      And there were no sanctions yet. fellow These were only flowers for the financial system. They did not give cheap money. When the real sanctions begin (God forbid), then it will not seem enough. Without bourgeois components, almost all of Russian industry will become.
      1. +3
        8 June 2017 08: 38
        Yes, just the same ... It will be hard to screech, of course. But this thing is double-edged. Okay, the states, but the commerce of Europe is already raging - what for are these sanctions. Pushed even closer to China. Ultimately, the wabble will defeat evil. Yes, and Russia somehow does not get used to the last 60 years.
        So everything will function, possibly in a different mode. This is not Qatar wink
      2. +2
        8 June 2017 10: 23
        Not for long. But then we will establish the production of components for ourselves to begin with, and that we won’t be able to - we will purchase in southeast Asia. And most importantly, we will start buying our equipment, because in the brains of businessmen it will be clearly written that buying something in the West is dangerous. Th - for God's sake, forbid. OUR INDUSTRY THANKS, AND POPULATION FOR NEW WORKPLACES - DOUBLE. fellow
        But in general, for most of the production positions of the most mass equipment, it has long been localized in the Russian Federation.
        Well and the main thing. In modern kapmir for a long time there is practically no problem to produce. There is a problem - to sell. If there is demand and a solvent market for products, then producing the vast majority of products is not a problem.
        I deal with a wide variety of equipment often, including robots. There is nothing that cannot be produced at home. The problem is different - there is no one to buy in quantities that would justify production.
      3. +2
        8 June 2017 11: 49
        All our industry is built on Western technology. While we feel sorry and just covered the coffin, waiting with nails))
  2. +3
    8 June 2017 07: 43
    Is it normal for a country that imposes sanctions against Russia, considers Russia to be the same threat to the world as terrorism, launches its missiles on Russian engines, and its satellites on Russian missiles?
    1. 0
      8 June 2017 07: 57
      Quote: zak167
      Is it normal for a country that imposes sanctions against Russia, considers Russia to be the same threat to the world as terrorism, launches its missiles on Russian engines, and its satellites on Russian missiles?

      American expression: "nothing personal, just business" -do not hear?
  3. 0
    8 June 2017 08: 01
    This is the launch of a commercial vehicle. And what about interstate politics?
    If the US administration prohibits its merchants from using the services of our aerospace industry, then yes - US merchants will stop using our Protons.
    And it is still not known who will be at greater losses.
  4. +1
    8 June 2017 08: 15
    what life-giving money is, lo and politicians are not a barrier
  5. +1
    8 June 2017 08: 32
    although in 1941 an hour before the war, a train with grain passed through the border to fascist Germany, it’s also a business in Africa
  6. 0
    8 June 2017 13: 44
    Are the engines of Proton sorted out? And, hooray! They worked!
  7. 0
    8 June 2017 14: 58
    It’s strange - when the satellites launch on Proton, everything goes smoothly. When domestic, so something goes wrong. The backfill question for the FSB - why?
    1. 0
      8 June 2017 16: 02
      Some pay with dollars and are fined with dollars, others pay with rubles and everything gets away with it.
  8. 0
    9 June 2017 10: 39
    I'll go re-read Russian folk tales of Rogozin about the American trampoline and Putin's fables about the enemies of the Americans ... No.

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