“Proton-M” with the Turkish communications satellite was successfully launched from Baikonur – REGNUM

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan, October 17, 2015, 01:47 – REGNUM Carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the upper block “Briz-M” and Turkish communication satellite Turksat-4B evening of October 16 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This was reported by IA REGNUM in the press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency.

The launch took place at 23:50 MSK, nine minutes later, the upper stage and spacecraft cleanly separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle, and We took to the calculated orbit. Department of the satellite from the block “Briz-M” on the plan should take place at 08:53 MSK.

«the launch was the fifth since the beginning of 2015 the successful launch of the space using a carrier rocket” Proton-M “- noted in Roskosmos.

The satellite Turksat-4B, created by the Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric in the interests of the Turkish satellite operator Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation AS, should ensure the provision of broadcasting services and broadband in Turkey, Europe , Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

As reported IA REGNUM , in May this year launching “Proton-M” were temporarily suspended after an emergency start-up, which resulted in a rocket I was not able to put into orbit the Mexican satellite MexSat-1. Launch vehicle with machine almost completely burned in the atmosphere, their fragments fell into the territory of Trans-Baikal Territory.