PHOTOS and VIDEO: Proton rollout

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: March 23, 2012

A Proton rocket was towed to the launch pad in Kazakhstan on Friday and pointed skyward, setting the stage for liftoff Sunday with an Intelsat communications satellite to cover Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

The Intelsat 22 satellite will launch at 1210 GMT (8:10 a.m. EDT) Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Credit: Roscosmos/Khrunichev













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