ria.ru/science/20141030/1030899231.html MOSCOW, October 30 - RIA Novosti. The launch rocket Proton-M with a communications satellite Astra 2G scheduled for November 28 from Baikonur, said Roscosmos. At the airport complex Jubilee landed the plane An-124-100 ( Ruslan ), which is delivered to the Baikonur telecommunications satellites Astra 2G. After the customs check the container with the spacecraft and support equipment was loaded on a railway platform and of transported to the site 92A-50, where the finishing chamber 101 hall assembly and testing will be carried out his further training , - the report says. In the near future, experts FSUE Khrunichev. Khrunichev representatives of the customer and will run standalone testing of the spacecraft, which include a series of functional and electrical inspections and refueling machine propellants. It is planned that the six-ton geostationary satellite Astra 2G will be launched into orbit by a rocket Proton-M and the upper stage Breeze-M 28th of November. This will be the 400th launch, implemented using rocket Proton. At the same time in the 111-meter hall assembly and test facility 92A-50 calculations FSUE Khrunichev. Khrunichev began work on the preparation of telecommunications spacecraft Yamal-401, which is also the day before was delivered to Baikonur. The spacecraft is set to slipway and computing begun inspections and tests. Launching a spacecraft Yamal-401 is scheduled to perform from the Baikonur cosmodrome December 12, 2014 by a rocket Proton-M and the upper stage Breeze-M. Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo archive © RIA Novosti. Anton Denisov | Buy graphic Russian satellite Yamal-401 delivered to Baikonur Spacecraft Yamal-401 is designed and manufactured JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev and is designed to provide relaying communications and broadcasting in Europe and Asia in a continuous mode. Yamal-401 - this is the third spacecraft, created on the basis of a unified platform heavy class Express-2000. The mass of the satellite - 2976 kg; power allocated to the payload - 11 kW; active lifetime is 15 years. The satellite transponder 53 and six antennas operating in the C- and Ku-band frequencies. Customer is launching Russian satellite communications operator GSS. Booster heavy class Proton is developed and produced by FSUE State Research and Production Space Center Khrunichev. State Space Center Khrunichev is one of the leaders in the development and implementation of new space technologies, both in Russia and in the international space market. Modernization of the carrier rocket Proton launch vehicle Roar, a family of launch vehicles Angara, boosters Briz-M Briz-KM, 12 BEF, cooperation and the implementation of international projects International Launch Services, Eurockot, International Space station Baiterek, Kazsat cooperation with India, South Korea and other allowed the company to enter the world market of launch services. ria.ru/science/20141030/1030899231.html#ixzz3HcEVhRzE
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