Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

STS-132: PRCB baselines Atlantis’ mission to deliver Russia’s MRM-1

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

With Discovery safely back from STS-119, Atlantis undergoing pad processing for STS-125, and Endeavour ready to roll to the VAB on Friday ahead of STS-400/127, NASA is hard at work preparing for a busy summer launch schedule while planning continues for future flights. Of these future flights, the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has officially [...]

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ILS Proton M launches with ASTRA IM for long trip to orbit

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

International Launch Services (ILS) have launched a Russian Proton M launch vehicle from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 20:44 UTC. The vehicle is on a nine hour journey to loft the ASTRA 1M telecommunications satellite into orbit.

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