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Proton rocket on the verge of blastoff BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: November 13, 2010 
A Russian Proton rocket was towed from a fueling barn to the launch pad Thursday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. An 11,900-pound spacecraft is strapped inside the Proton's nose cone, ready to begin a 15-year mission facilitating a broadband satellite communications network stretching from space to the corners of North America. The Proton rocket is scheduled to lift off at 1729 GMT (12:29 p.m. EST) Sunday with the SkyTerra 1 payload for LightSquared. The Proton will deploy the spacecraft more than 9 hours into the flight. These photos show the Proton's journey from the fueling building to the launch pad. All images were released by Khrunichev, the Proton rocket's Russian contractor. Photo credit: Khrunichev
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