Mission Reports Proton rocket takes off with Express AM8 communications bird September 14, 2015 Stephen Clark A Proton rocket fired away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, kicking off a nearly seven-hour flight that concluded with the high-altitude delivery of a new Russian communications satellite into orbit.
Mission Reports New Russian telecom satellite awaits launch Monday September 12, 2015 Stephen Clark A new multipurpose Russian communications satellite to be parked over the Atlantic Ocean is awaiting launch Monday aboard a Proton rocket.