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Russia launches in orbit the Mexican satellite QuetzSat-1 (VIDEO)

Moscow, Russia - A Proton-M rocket used

The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that last night, the Mexican telecommunications satellite QuetzSat-1 was successfully launched from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan; at 7.45am Moscow time (0345 GMT), the satellite was separated from the rocket, a Proton-M. An agency spokesman said that "The separation of the spacecraft from the rocket was effected according to plans and the...

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Rome, Italy, 09/30/2011 15:04
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