Satellites Luch-5B and Yamal-300K put into orbit
"The separation of the spacecraft" Beam-5B "from the upper stage" Breeze-M "passed normally, at the estimated time," reports Roskosmos.
In 13: 33 Moscow time, the antennas of the Ray-5B should open up, and in the interval between 15: 00 Moscow time and 19: 00 Moscow time, the orientation of the Ray-5Б should occur to the Earth for further work in the repeater mode.
Communication satellite "Yamal-300K" also successfully launched into orbit.
Recall, the Proton-M launch vehicle was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome with Russian satellites Luch-5B and Yamal-300K. The launch was made on November 3 in 1: 04 Moscow time.
Nine minutes after the launch, the Briz-M upper stage with Luch-5B and Yamal-300K spacecraft separated from the launch vehicle, the representative of Roskosmos said. The upper stage will continue to launch satellites into the target orbit. It is expected that they will be displayed there today after 10 in the morning.
Yamal-300K belongs to the satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems. It will provide all types of communications in the C-and Ku-bands in Russia and the CIS.
"Beam-5B" - the second in a series of four satellite repeaters. It is designed to work with low-flying spacecraft. “Ray” will receive information from them and transmit it to Russian ground stations in real time.
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