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Proton M/Breeze M launches W3A |
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Communications satellite put into orbit by Proton
With its six-engine first stage providing a powerful punch, a Russian Proton rocket roared off the planet March 15 carrying an advanced satellite that will relay telecommunications services across Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Proton K/Breeze M launches AMC 9 |
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Russian Proton rocket flies its 300th launch
In a commercial mission June 7 that was anything but a sprint, the milestone 300th flight of the Russian Proton heavy-lifting rocket booster successfully launched a telecommunications satellite to cover North America.
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Proton M/Breeze M launches Nimiq 2 |
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Russian rocket delivers Canadian satellite in space
A spacecraft to broadcast TV and communications services across Canada was successfully sent into orbit December 29, 2002 aboard the first commercial flight of Russia's modernized Proton M rocket and Breeze M upper stage motor.
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Proton K/Block DM failure with Astra 1K |
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Russian launch fails
The massive Astra 1K broadcasting spacecraft never left low-Earth orbit November 25, 2002 when the Block DM upper stage of the Proton rocket malfunctioned, leaving the satellite in a worthless perch 109 miles above the planet.
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Proton K/Block DM launches EchoStar 8 |
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Russian Proton rocket puts U.S. TV satellite in space
Just seven hours after its inaugural flight of the Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, International Launch Services delivered a direct-to-home television broadcasting satellite into orbit using a Russian Proton vehicle on August 22, 2002.
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Proton K/Block DM launches DirecTV 5 |
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DirecTV 5 broadcasting satellite launched by Proton
A direct-to-home television broadcasting satellite with a storied past finally rocketed into space May 7, 2002 to become the newest star in the DirecTV constellation. The DirecTV 5 spacecraft was successfully launched atop a Russian-built Proton rocket.
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Proton K/Block DM launches Intelsat 903 |
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Intelsat 903 spacecraft launched by Proton booster
A Russian Proton rocket successfully transported a commercial satellite into orbit March 30, 2002 that will provide telecommunications services to the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Proton K/Block DM launches Astra 2C |
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Proton adds new craft to ASTRA satellite system
A new broadcasting spacecraft was propelled into Earth orbit on June 16, 2001 to join the Astra direct-to-home TV satellite system serving over 87 million homes across Europe.
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Proton K/Block DM launches PAS 10 |
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Proton lofts international communications satellite
A telecommunications spacecraft that will orbit above the Indian Ocean to serve an area where 80 percent of the planet's population resides and replace an ailing sister-satellite was successfully delivered into space May 15, 2001 by a Russian Proton rocket.
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Proton K/Block DM launches Sirius 3 |
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Sirius 3 radio broadcasting satellite launched by Proton
The final digital broadcasting spacecraft that completes the orbiting network for Sirius Satellite Radio was successfully launched November 30, 2000 by a Russian Proton rocket from Central Asia. See the status center for launch coverage.
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Proton K/Block DM launches GE 6 |
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Russian Proton rocket launches American satellite
An International Launch Services commercial Proton rocket successfully delivered the American GE 6 telecommunications spacecraft into orbit October 21, 2000 after a 6 1/2-hour flight. The satellite will serve North and South America.
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Proton K/Block DM launches GE 1A |
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Russian Proton rocket launches GE 1A satellite
A Russian Proton rocket carried the GE 1A telecommunications broadcast spacecraft into orbit October 1, 2000. The American-made satellite will beam television and data across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Proton K/Block DM launches Sirius 2 |
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Radio broadcasting satellite launched by Proton rocket
Americans are a step closer to receiving digital radio programming via satellite with the successful launch September 5 of a Russian Proton rocket half a world away in Central Asia.
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Proton K/Block DM launches Sirius 1 |
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Proton rocket launches Sirius 1 radio satellite
A revolutionary marriage between space and American motorists took a step closer to reality on June 30, 2000 when a Russian Proton rocket successfully launched a digital radio broadcasting satellite.
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Proton K/Block DM launches Garuda 1 |
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Proton back in business
The Russian Proton rocket successfully returned to flight on February 12, 2000, placing the Garuda 1 cellular telephone satellite into space. The launch was the first for a Proton since a failure last October.
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