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Atlas 5

Commercial Atlas 5 rocket stacking begins for Mexican launch

September 14, 2015 Justin Ray

Assembly of a 19-story Atlas rocket started today for a commercial launch next month to aid Mexico’s telecommunications reform aimed at economic growth and the betterment of its societal welfare.

Mission Reports

Roscosmos: Design flaw brought down Proton rocket

June 1, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russia has blamed a design flaw in the Proton rocket’s third stage that went undetected for decades as the cause of a May 16 launch failure.

Mission Reports

Mexico plots way forward after loss of satellite

May 18, 2015 Stephen Clark

The Mexican government says it will collect a $390 million insurance payout after losing an advanced communications satellite Saturday aboard a failed launch of a Russian Proton rocket.

Mission Reports

Proton crash deals another blow to Russian space sector

May 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

Failure struck Russia’s troubled space program for the second time in three weeks Saturday, when a Proton rocket carrying a high-tech satellite for Mexico’s new $1.6 billion space-based communications network crashed shortly after liftoff.

Mission Reports

Live coverage: Proton launch runs into trouble

May 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russia’s Proton rocket launched from Kazakhstan at 0547 GMT (1:47 a.m. EDT) Saturday with Mexico’s Centenario communications satellite, but the Russian space agency reported an anomaly occurred some time after liftoff.

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Proton rocket ready to loft Mexican telecom satellite

May 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Boeing-built communications satellite for the Mexican government is set for liftoff Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Proton rocket.

Mission Reports

Mexican satellite launch grounded for engineering review

April 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

The launch of a Boeing-built Mexican communications satellite on a Proton rocket has been postponed after engineers discovered an anomaly on a similar spacecraft.

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