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The State Commission has decided to start charging and the carrier rocket "Proton-M". / October 20, 2011 /

On a meeting of the Baikonur launch site of the State Commission, which addressed the issues of readiness for the launch of space rocket «Proton-M» with the upper stage «Breeze-M» and an American communications spacecraft «Viasat-1» and decided on the filling space rocket "Proton-M "propellants.

All work on the launch complex are in accordance with the schedule. At 16:48 Moscow time, specialists of Russian Space Agency launched rocket fuel propellants.

Start «Proton» will be the sixth launch of the rocket in 2011 and the 369th launch of its flight history.

Start space rocket «Proton-M» spacecraft with «Viasat-1» from the launch complex area 200 rocket is scheduled for 22:48 GMT.

Press Service of the Russian Space Agency

Source: www.roscosmos.ru

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