Russia launched two communication satellites into Earth's orbit

Space agency Roscosmos said Russia on December 11 launched two contact satellites with Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

Space agency Roscosmos said Russia on December 11 launched two contact satellites with Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

Picture 1 of Russia launched two communication satellites into Earth's orbit

The Proton-M rocket was launched at 15:17 local time (11:17 GMT) and will put a Russian satellite and an Israeli satellite on Earth's orbit.

According to Roscosmos, Russia's Luch-5A satellite is expected to split at 10:11 (GMT) on December 11 while Israeli Amos-5 satellite will split at 20:52 GMT. day.

Satellite Luch-5A is designed to transmit information on ground checkpoints from Russian low orbit space devices.

Israeli Amos-5 satellite will combine with Amos-2 and Amos-3 satellite groups to provide different satellite services to customers in the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa.

Update 17 December 2018
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