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Proton-M rocket and SES-4 satellite on launch ramp of Baikonur (VIDEO)

Moscow, Russia - The launch postponed on February 28

Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, unveiled yesterday that the Proton-M vector, with SES-4 (or NSS-14) Dutch satellite on board, has been installed on the launch ramp of the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. The launch was planned for December 26, 2011, then postponed to January 28 to resolve a technical problem to the upper stage of the rocket. "The Russian aerospace experts, after to have...

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Rome, Italy, 01/26/2012 10:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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