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February 20, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 20, 2020 ] Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’ Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crew Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply ship Antares
[ February 18, 2020 ] Ariane 5 deploys communications and environmental monitoring satellites Ariane 5

Proton launcher takes off with dual-use Russian communications satellite

August 17, 2017

A high-power Russian satellite designed to deliver broadband Internet connections and relay television and videoconferencing signals fired into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.