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Russia Launches Canadian Telecoms Satellite

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Russia Launches Canadian Telecoms Satellite


16.04.2013

Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a Canadian telecommunications satellite Anik-G1 blasted off on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said, RIA Novosti reports.
 
“The Proton-M carrier rocket lifted off as scheduled – at 10.36 pm Moscow time [18:36 GMT],” Roscosmos said. “The separation of the Anik-G1 satellite from the Briz-M booster is expected at 07.49 am Moscow time [03:49 GMT] on Tuesday.”
 
Anik-G1 is a commercial communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral for Canadian satellite operator Telesat. The satellite carries 24 C-band transponders, 28 Ku-band transponders and 3 X-band transponders.

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