Baikonur: Preparations for the launch rocket "Proton-M" spacecraft "Turksat-4A"
20/01/2014 12:19 ::
At Baikonur continues preparations for the launch of a space rocket (RKN) "Proton-M" with the upper stage (R
"Breeze-M", intended for injection into the target orbit communications spacecraft (SC) "Turksat-4A."
January 20 in assembly and testing (MIC) 92A-50 foreign experts continue to test autonomous spacecraft "Turksat-4A."
In parallel, in the next room specialists of rocket-space industry Russia operations on the dock of the first stage of the rocket "Proton-M" with the package of the second and third stages.
Also scheduled for today transportation booster "Briz-M" to the gas station, where the operation will be performed on refueling propellants pressure vessels.
Start ILV "Proton-M" with RB "Breeze-M" and SC "Turksat-4A" scheduled for mid-February 2014
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