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C Baikonur launch a spacecraft for the Ministry of Defence. / September 21, 2011 /

September 21, 2011 in 2 hours 47 minutes Moscow time, with 81 sites Baikonur cosmodrome launch rocket «Proton-M», which orbited the spacecraft (SC) for the Ministry of Defence.

9 minutes after liftoff Orbital unit in the spacecraft and booster, «Briz-M» separated from the third stage carrier rocket «Proton-M» and began to autonomous flight.

Start rocket «Proton-M» and the removal of the upper stage from the spacecraft into the desired orbit were in normal mode.

The estimated time of separation of the spacecraft from the booster, «Briz-M» — 11 hours 48 minutes Moscow time, September 21, 2011

Press Service of the Russian Space Agency

Source: www.roscosmos.ru

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