ILS / ROSCOSMOS - EchoStar XVI Mission poster.
11/20/2012
Proton-M with EchoStar XVI liftoff
November 20 at 22:31:00 Moscow time from the launch complex of the platform 200 Baikonur starting calculations of rocket-space industry performed launch space (ILV) Proton-M with the upper stage (RB) Breeze-M and the communication space vehicle (SV) EchoStar-16.
Launch of an ILS Proton-M Rocket with EchoStar 16
According to the launch in cyclogram 22:40:42 MSK head unit in the Republic of Belarus Briz-M and SC EchoStar-16 was separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle.
EchoStar XVI
Further removal of the spacecraft to the target orbit is produced by the march of the propulsion upper stage. EchoStar 16 is a direct-to-home television broadcasting satellite covering North America for EchoStar Corp.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19705
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Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ILS / ILS TV / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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