The
Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, announced the successful
launch of the Proton-M rocket carrying the Satmex-8 C-/Ku-band
communications satellite on Tuesday, March 26, 2013.
Roscosmos
posted a live webcast of the launch, which took place at the Baikonur
Cosmodrome on 23:06 Moscow time (1906 GMT.) According to the Russian
space agency, Satmex-8 should part ways with the Briz-M booster at
8:19 Moscow time (0419 GMT) on Wednesday, March 26, 2013.
Space
System/Loral built the Satmex-8 satellite for Satélites Mexicanos.
The satellite carries a payload of 24 C- and 40 Ku-band transponders.
It will deliver satellite broadband, video, and audio services to the
Americas.
The
Tuesday launch is the first successful activity this 2013 for the
Proton-M series of rockets. Back
in December 2012, the Briz-M booster of a similar carrier vehicle suffered a malfunction and failed to boost its payload, the Russian Yamal-402 communications satellite, into designated orbit.
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