PHOTOS: Proton launches with Dish Network satellite
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: November 20, 2012
A Proton rocket lifted off from Kazakhstan on Tuesday with a satellite to serve Dish Network television subscribers across the United States.
The 191-foot-tall rocket launched at 1831 GMT (1:31 p.m. EST) Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it was 12:31 a.m. Wednesday.
International Launch Services, the Proton's commercial sales firm, announced the launch was successful.
Read our full story on the launch.
Credit: Roscosmos
Credit: Roscosmos
Credit: Roscosmos
Credit: Roscosmos
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