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March 13, 2023
Today at 02:12:59.981 Moscow time, the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Breeze-M upper stage and the Luch-5X spacecraft was launched from the 200th site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Russian relay satellite "Luch-5X" launched into orbit
The carrier rocket worked in the normal mode, the upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket and puts the satellite into a given orbit.
This is the fourth launch of Russian space rockets in 2023. For "Proton-M" this flight was the 115th, for "Breeze-M" - the 107th in history.
The launch vehicle and upper stage were manufactured by the State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation).
Proton-M rocket with Luch-5X relay satellite launched from Baikonur
The Proton-M launch vehicle has been used since 2001 to launch payloads into various near-Earth orbits and departure trajectories within the framework of federal and commercial programs. Over the two decades of operation, it has gone through four phases of deep modernization, which made it possible to significantly improve its energy-mass and environmental characteristics. Today's launch was the 429th launch of the Proton family of rockets since 1965.
Luch-5X spacecraft launched into orbit
Today, the Luch-5X spacecraft was launched into a predetermined orbit.
The satellite was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 02:13:00 Moscow time by a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage. Launch vehicles worked normally.
Retransmission system "Luch" satellite
The launch vehicle and upper stage were manufactured by the State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev, the spacecraft "Luch-5X" - by the company "Information satellite systems named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev" (part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos").
The Luch-5X satellite is designed to test advanced relay and communication technologies.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/39031/
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/39032/
Proton-M: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/proton-m/
Breeze-M: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/briz-m/
Луч-5Х (Luch-5X): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/luch-5x/
Images, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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