First, after the May crash launch of “Proton-M” will be held August 28 – IA REGNUM

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Moscow, 28 August 2015, 02:56 – REGNUM On the Baikonur cosmodrome on August 28 will be the first after a failed launch in May this year the launch of the carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the upper stage “Briz-M” and satellite communications. This was reported by IA REGNUM in the press service of the Scientific and Production Center Khrunichev.

The rocket should be put into orbit a British spacecraft communication «Inmarsat-5F3». According to the press service of “Roscosmos” launch is scheduled for 14:44 MSK. Branch upper stage “Briz-M” and the spacecraft to be held in nine minutes after the start.

Recall that the last launch of “Proton-M”, which was produced on May 16 was unsuccessful. During the flight there was a failure of the steering motor third stage rocket, as a result of the Mexican satellite MexSat-1 was injected into the calculated orbit. The rocket with the spacecraft fell into the Trans-Baikal Territory.

In fact the accident was a criminal case, and the other schedule the launch of the Russian telecommunications satellites were transferred to two or three months.