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To: Manfred Sondermann who wrote (895)12/29/1999 12:14:00 PM
From: Dennis Roth   of 904
 
Russia's Proton Rockets to Return To
Duty in March

By Anatoly Zak
Staff Writer
posted: 04:34 pm EST
28 December 1999

Source URL: space.com

From the story

Proton to resume flights in March, Zvezda launch pushed to summer,
Mir still in limbo.

The commission investigating the October 27 crash of a Proton rocket in
Kazakhstan has completed its study and the official results are said to
be expected within the next week, according to the Russian Aerospace
Agency (RASA).

According to Konstantin Kreidenko, a RASA spokesman, the first Proton
launch can take place at the beginning of March 2000. The rocket will
most likely carry a payload for the Russian federal space program.
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According to Sergei Zhiltsov, the spokesman for Khrunichev Enterprise,
the company which manufactures the Proton vehicle, the first payload
carried into space by Proton could either be an Ekran communications
satellite for the Russian federal space program, or a group of
GLONASS navigation satellites. The GLONASS spacecraft are similar
to the United States' Global Positioning System.

A Garuda communications satellite is also on the top of the Proton flight
manifest. However, its launch date will depend on the readiness of the
payloads for the Russian federal space program. Currently RASA and
Russian Ministry of Defense operate two launch complexes for Proton
rockets at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Each has two
launch pads.
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