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According to the sources, the launch of #ProtonM rocket with #ExpressAMU3 and #ExpressAMU7 communication satellites from Baikonur was rescheduled from November to December 6. The sources don’t mention the reason for the postponement. https://ria.ru/20210923/sputniki-1751394652.html
The launch of #ProtonM rocket with #ExpressAMU3 and #ExpressAMU7 satellites from Baikonur has been postponed from December 6 to December 12 due to the need to fix an issue with the Briz-M upper stage. https://tass.ru/kosmos/12956569
The launch of #ProtonM launch vehicle with two #ExpressAMU satellites that was rolled out to the launch pad this morning has been postponed to NET December 12.
Today is the launch day! The launch of #ProtonM with #BreezM upper stage and two #EkspressAMU satellites from Baikonur is scheduled for 12:07 UTC. Don’t miss the live coverage! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufEKzNGz6HQ
The manufacture of #ProtonM rockets will be finished in 2022, said the representative of Khrunichev Center. 10 ready-made Proton-M rockets are in storage at the Moscow production site and at Baikonur, 4 more rockets are in the process of manufacturing. https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/13424409
#Khrunichev Center reports that they checked all the remaining #ProtonM rockets for substandard components and replaced all what they found. The check was required after defective bolts were found in March 2020 in a rocket to launch Express satellites. https://tass.ru/kosmos/13800423
Rogozin wrote in Telegram that Khrunichev Center prepared the #ProtonM rocket to launch #ExoMars rover to Mars this year, and they are waiting for the final decision of @ESA on the fate of this mission: https://t.me/rogozin_do/1996. IMHO there is a very small chance for a positive outcome for ExoMars.
The #ProtonM launch vehicle and #BrizM upper stage originally intended to launch #ExoMars rover to Mars will be delivered to Baikonur as planned, informed Roscosmos. They will be used to launch another payload. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/3183
Two #ProtonM rockets, as well as #BrizM and #DM upper stages had been delivered from Khrunichev Center to Baikonur. According to the Roscosmos Telegram channel, they are intended to launch payload for Roscosmos’ target programs, one of them - “in interest of a foreign customer”. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/3654
#ProtonM to launch the #Angosat2 satellite has been assembled in the Assembly and test building at Pad 92A of Baikonur cosmodrome, and will be rolled out on October 9. The launch is scheduled for October 12 from Pad 81.
#ProtonM with #Angosat2 is vertical on Baikonur.
Today is the launch day! At 15:00 UTC, the #ProtonM rocket with DM-03 upper stage will lift off from the Pad 81 Baikonur cosmodrome, carrying the #Angosat2 satellite. The live stream begins at 14:15 UTC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUzQ4Rw7h_M
Beautiful launch of #ProtonM rocket into the night sky of Baikonur!
#ProtonM to launch the Electro-L №4 satellite arrived at Baikonur! The launch is scheduled for February 2023.
The #ProtonM rocket to launch the #ElectroL №4 satellite has been assembled on Baikonur. Tomorrow it will be rolled out to the launch pad. The launch is scheduled for February 5, 09:12 UTC.
#ProtonM has been rolled out early in the morning to the Pad 81 on Baikonur. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/8275
T-15 min: #ProtonM is ready to launch the Elektro-L №4 satellite from Pad 81 on Baikonur. Here is the live coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwPkVEgw6RY
#ProtonM with Briz-M upper stage and Luch-5X satellite has been rolled out on March 9 on Baikonur. The launch is scheduled for March 12, 23:13 UTC. The rollout wasn’t announced by Roscosmos, because it’s a military satellite. The launch won’t be probably streamed too.
Roscosmos reported about the successful launch of #ProtonM rocket with Briz-M upper stage and #Luch5X (aka Olymp K-2) satellite on March 12, 23:12 UTC.