Launched from Baikonur "Proton M " satellite Defense
September 21 2:47 Moscow time from the Baikonur cosmodrome launched booster heavy class "Proton-M " with a military satellite on board, the agency said, "Interfax " referring to the official representative of the Press and Information Defense Ministry of Space Forces Col. Alexei Zolotukhin. According Zolotukhin, start launcher was in normal mode. Upper block "Briz-M " with the spacecraft separated from the third stage "Proton-M " Ten minutes after launch and separation of the satellite from the booster "Briz-M " is scheduled for 11:48 on September 21. Military satellite launch scheduled for August 31, but it had to be postponed due to loss of satellite "Express-AM4 " on August 18. Then, as a result of errors in the flight program "Breeze-M " he lost his bearings, and the satellite went out on an unplanned orbit. August 30 the company 'Satellite Communications "admitted the loss of the spacecraft and turned into " Ingosstrakh "for compensation of $ 7.5 billion. As recalled by the agency, the start "Proton " with a military satellite was the 18th space launch Russia in 2011 and the first since the start of emergency cargo ship "Progress M-12M " on August 24.
