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Live coverage: 400th Proton rocket takes off with Russian satellite

December 14, 2014 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an International Launch Services Proton rocket with the Yamal 401 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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