Russia launches rocket carrying US satellite
Russia launched a rocket carrying a US communications satellite into space Sunday, the rocket's manufacturer said.
Scheduled for 8:29 pm (1729 GMT), the Proton-M's launching from Moscow's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan "took place as anticipated", the Khrunichev centre said in a statement.
The American LightSquared telecommunications satellite is to be placed into orbit to cover the United States, the Carribean and Hawaii.
The launching was the 10th of a Proton rocket since the beginning of the year.
(c) 2010 AFP
Citation:
Russia launches rocket carrying US satellite (2010, November 14)
retrieved 24 April 2024
from https://phys.org/news/2010-11-russia-rocket-satellite.html
This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no
part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.
