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Russia announces the cause of the Proton-M rocket explosion
Vice President of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Alexander Lopatin said Proton-M boosters were blown up due to unusual activity of angular velocity sensors…
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Proton-M space boosters fall right after launch
According to RIA Novosti, the Proton-M space boosters carrying DM-03 and three positioning satellites of the GLONASS-M system fell in the first minute after being launch…
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Russia launched 4 more satellites in 2013
Russia is planning to launch four more satellites in its Glonass global positioning system in the last months of this year, RIA Novosti reports from Russia's Aerospace A…
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The universe can disappear because of
In July last year, physicists from the European Atomic Research Organization (CERN) announced they had found a particle with the same characteristics as the Higgs partic…
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Russia launched the EchoStar-16 communications satellite
The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said that the country on November 20 launched a communications satellite into orbit with proton-M boosters.
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Russia launches 'Proton-M' boosters
The 'Proton-M' rocket was launched from Baikonur space airport carrying Russian satellites 'Luch-5B' and 'Yamal-300K'. Representatives of Roskosmos this launch was made…
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The Russian space agency reported errors to Briz-M propulsion engines
The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) on September 10 said it would error all Briz-M propulsion engines after one of these engines was thought to have caused a failure in…
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Russia failed to bring 2 satellites into orbit
On August 7, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said the Russian rocket of Proton-M failed to put two telescopes on orbit due to the missile's upper floor malfunctio…
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Russia 'abandoned' Proton-M rocket
The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) will halt the launch of the Proton-M rocket with the Briz-M propulsion system after the missile fails to put two telescopes on orbit…
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Russia successfully launched the Dutch telecommunications satellite
On February 15, the Russian federal space agency (Roscosmos) said that the Russian proton-M rocket carrying the Dutch SES-4 (NSS-14) satellite was launched from the Cent…
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Russia launches Proton-M missile carrying Dutch satellite
The Proton-M rocket will bring SES-4 satellites, the largest and most powerful satellite among SES satellites into orbit.
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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.
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Russia launched a new Chinese communications satellite
On November 25, 2011, Russia's Proton-M rocket launched satellite communications
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Russian missile launches
Viasat-1 broadband satellite, one of the most powerful satellites ever developed, has joined the trajectory on Russian proton boosters.