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Thu, 06/19/2008 - 12:47
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Russian carrier to put into orbit six US satellites
KAPUSTIN YAR PROVING GROUND, Astrakhan Region, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian military proving ground Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan Region will again start working for space explorations on Thursday.
The press service of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) reported that a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle would put into orbit six American satellites.
"The launching of six satellites of the Orbcom satellite communication system with a Kosmos-3M carrier is planned on Thursday at 10.36 from the Kapustin Yar proving ground," Roskosmos reported.
In turn, the American company, providing services of the global
two-way communications, specified that one of the satellites would be
launched in the interests of the US coastguard service.
Another five will supplement the orbital grouping of communication satellites of the Orbcom Company, consisting now of 29 spacecraft which operate in six orbital planes in low orbits at an altitude of 800 kilometres and inclinations of 45 or 108 degrees.
Lift-offs of the two-stage liquefied Kosmos-3M carrier, manufactured by the Polyot Company in Omsk, are made from the Plisetsk cosmodrome and the Kapustin Yar proving ground. The missile's all-up weight is 109 tonnes, and it can put into orbit payloads of 1,500 or 500 kilos to altitudes between 250 and 1,700 kilometres.
The launching will be carried out by a team of the Strategic Missile Troops, under whose control the proving ground operates.
The previous lift-off of the Kosmos-3M carrier from the Kapustin Yar was made on April 22, 2006 along a sub-orbital trajectory. At the time, Russia tested a warhead, common for land-based and sea-based ballistic missiles. Prior to this, the proving ground did not work for outer space for seven years.
The press service of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) reported that a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle would put into orbit six American satellites.
"The launching of six satellites of the Orbcom satellite communication system with a Kosmos-3M carrier is planned on Thursday at 10.36 from the Kapustin Yar proving ground," Roskosmos reported.
In turn, the American company, providing services of the global
two-way communications, specified that one of the satellites would be
launched in the interests of the US coastguard service.
Another five will supplement the orbital grouping of communication satellites of the Orbcom Company, consisting now of 29 spacecraft which operate in six orbital planes in low orbits at an altitude of 800 kilometres and inclinations of 45 or 108 degrees.
Lift-offs of the two-stage liquefied Kosmos-3M carrier, manufactured by the Polyot Company in Omsk, are made from the Plisetsk cosmodrome and the Kapustin Yar proving ground. The missile's all-up weight is 109 tonnes, and it can put into orbit payloads of 1,500 or 500 kilos to altitudes between 250 and 1,700 kilometres.
The launching will be carried out by a team of the Strategic Missile Troops, under whose control the proving ground operates.
The previous lift-off of the Kosmos-3M carrier from the Kapustin Yar was made on April 22, 2006 along a sub-orbital trajectory. At the time, Russia tested a warhead, common for land-based and sea-based ballistic missiles. Prior to this, the proving ground did not work for outer space for seven years.
