Proton Medium – Spaceflight Now

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Orbital ATK books Proton rocket for first commercial satellite servicing mission

October 14, 2016

Armed with capital and an anchor customer for a trailblazing satellite life extension service, Orbital ATK has signed a contract to loft its first robotic servicing tug aboard a Russian Proton rocket in 2018 on a shared launch with a Eutelsat communications satellite.

Smaller variants of Russia’s Proton rocket on the market

September 22, 2016

Khrunichev and International Launch Services, the team behind Russia’s Proton rocket, are developing two scaled-down versions of the booster in a bid to capture a wider share of the commercial launch market, the companies announced last week.