"Proton-M" placed into orbit a communications satellite
Roscosmos said that the carrier rocket "proton-M" successfully launched a communications satellite into orbit. Inmarsat 5F-2 is the second of 3 satellites in one episode. 1, was launched with the help of "proton-M" at the beginning of December 2013.
The carrier rocket "proton-M" was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. She launched into the target orbit British partner relationship Inmarsat 5F-2. The satellite is the second of 3 satellites 5th generation and is designed to provide services in the areas of North and South America and the Atlantic.
"It is finished, the separation of the satellite Inmarsat 5F-2 from the upper stage "breeze-M", - quotes RIA Novosti source in the Russian Federal space Agency. The satellite, manufactured by United States Boeing Satellite Systems in order satellite operator England Inmarsat.
The contract for the launch of "proton-M" with a launch mass of 6 tonnes, including Inmarsat 5F-2 signed the Russian-American company International Launch Services Inc. (ILS). Controlling this company belongs to the Russian Space center Khrunichev - Creator of "Protons" and the upper stage "breeze-M" and another new space rocket complex "Angara".
As wrote earlier Days.Ru, Russian Sputnik relationship Express-AM6", launched on October 21 by means of carrier rocket "proton-M from Baikonur cosmodrome, separated from the upper stage "breeze-M" October 22, 2014, and entered into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The process ended at the scheduled time. "Proton-M" started at 19:09 on capital time. After 10 minutes separated the head part, consisting of the upper stage "breeze-M" spacecraft "Express-AM6".