News Archive / Tagged: Briz-M

• Proton-M launches Blagovest 12L satellite for Russian Aerospace Forces

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 18th, 2018

  The Russian military has expanded its fleet of communications satellites with the launch of the Blagovest 12L spacecraft on Wednesday, April 18.

• Russia to launch Blagovest 12L military comsat April 18

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 17th, 2018

  Russia is in the final stage of preparations to launch its Proton-M rocket with the Blagovest 12L military communications satellite. Liftoff is scheduled to take place at 6:12 p.m. EDT (22:12 GMT) April 18, 2018, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Proton-M blasts off from Baikonur with AsiaSat 9 telecom satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 28th, 2017

  International Launch Services (ILS) successfully conducted its third mission this year, launching its workhorse Proton-M rocket carrying the AsiaSat 9 communications satellite into orbit. The launcher lifted off at exactly 18:52 UTC (14:52 EDT) on Thursday, September 28, from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Proton-M launches from Baikonur with Amazonas 5 telecom satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 11th, 2017

  International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched into space its Proton-M rocket carrying the Amazonas 5 communications satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat. The launch was conducted on Sept. 11 at 19:23 GMT (3:23 p.m. EDT) from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Proton-M launches military satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 17th, 2017

  A military communications satellite, known as Blagovest 11L, has been successfully launched into space by a Proton-M / Briz-M heavy-lift rocket. The launch vehicle thundered off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at exactly 4:07 a.m. local time on Thursday, Aug. 17 (22:07 GMT / 6:07 p.m. EDT on Aug. 16).

• Proton-M launcher soars skyward with communications satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 9th, 2016

  International Launch Services (ILS) conducted a successful launch of its Proton-M booster carrying a communications satellite for Intelsat. The rocket, with the Intelsat-31/DLA-2 spacecraft, lifted off at exactly 3:10 a.m. EDT (07:10 GMT) on June 9 from Launch Pad 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Proton-M to launch Intelsat 31 communications satellite on Wednesday

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 6th, 2016

  A Russian Proton-M rocket is slated to launch the Intelsat 31 communications satellite on Wednesday, June 8, at 3:10 a.m. EDT (07:10 GMT) from Launch Pad 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Russia to launch Geo-IK-2 satellite on Saturday amid protests in Canada

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 4th, 2016

  Russia is gearing up to launch its newest Geo-IK-2 geodesy satellite atop a Rokot booster on Saturday, June 4. Launch preparations are underway – despite voices of concern being raised in Canada about the rocket's toxic fuel possibly polluting the waters near Ellesmere Island.

• Russian Proton-M lifts Garpun military satellite to orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 14th, 2015

  A Russian Proton-M rocket has successfully launched the Garpun 12L (meaning “harpoon” in Russian) military communications satellite into orbit on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:19 p.m. EST (00:19 GMT on Sunday, Dec. 13). Liftoff of the rocket took place from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• ILS launches Proton-M rocket with Türksat-4B communications satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 16th, 2015

  International Launch Services (ILS) company successfully launched on Friday, Oct. 16, a Turkish communications satellite using a Russian Proton-M booster. Liftoff took place at 4:40 p.m. EDT (20:40 GMT) from the site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Türksat-4B satellite will be put into a geostationary orbit (GEO) 50° degrees East.

• Proton-M rocket to launch Turkish communications satellite on Friday

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 15th, 2015

  A Russian Proton-M rocket is being readied for a Friday, Oct. 16 launch, when it will loft the Turkish Türksat-4B communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff is currently scheduled to take place at 4:40 p.m. EDT (20:40 GMT) from the site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Proton-M returns to flight with launch of Inmarsat 5-F3

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 28th, 2015

  A Russian Proton-M launch vehicle successfully launched the British Inmarsat 5-F3 comsat into orbit. The flawless launch took place on Friday, Aug 28, at 7:44 a.m. EDT (11:44 GMT) from Launch Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• With launch of British communications satellite, Proton-M rocket set to return to flight

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 27th, 2015

  The Russian Proton-M rocket is well on track to return to regular flights after the May 16 accident when it failed to deliver the Mexican Mexsat-1 communications satellite. On Friday, Aug. 28, the International Launch Services (ILS) company will use the booster to send the British Inmarsat 5-F3 satellite into a supersynchronous transfer orbit.

• MexSat-1, or Centenario, crashes in Siberia shortly after launch

  Joe LatrellMay 16th, 2015

  After 5 years of development and a few launch delays, Mexico will have to wait even longer for its new series of satellites. A failure in the third stage of the Proton-M rocket led to the spacecraft crashing into the outback of Siberia just minutes after liftoff. The satellite was to be the first in […]

• Mexican Centenario satellite, or MexSat-1, readied for Saturday launch

  Joe LatrellMay 15th, 2015

  After five years’ worth of development and a few launch delays, Mexico is about to have the first in a new series of satellites launched into orbit. It will be a flight conducted by International Launch Services (ILS) on a Russian-built rocket.