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Spektr-RG telescope launched atop Proton-M rocket

The Spektr-RG telescope. Image Credit: Roscosmos

The second Proton launch of 2019 took to the skies above the Baikonur Cosmodrome today with the Spektr-RG telescope for the Russian and German space agencies. It marked the start of a mission some 24 years in the making. (more…)

Blagovest-13L launched by Russian Proton rocket

A file photo of a previous Proton-M launch. On Dec. 21, 2018, a Proton-M rocket sent the Blagovest-13L military communications satellite into a geostationary orbit. Photo Credit: Roscosmos

Lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Russian Proton-M rocket soared into the sky to orbit a military communications satellite called Blagovest-13L. (more…)

Angara rocket family to replace Proton launchers NET 2024

A Russian heavy-lift rocket, the Angara A5, lifts off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on Dec. 23, 2014. Photo Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense

Angara rockets could fully replace Russia’s long-serving Soviet-era Proton launch vehicles as early as 2024. This is according to an industry official, who made the remark at an aerospace conference in the city of Kazan. (more…)

Proton-M launches Blagovest 12L satellite for Russian Aerospace Forces

Photo Credit: Roscosmos via SpaceFlight 101

The Russian military has expanded its fleet of communications satellites with the launch of the Blagovest 12L spacecraft on Wednesday, April 18. (more…)

Russia to launch Blagovest 12L military comsat April 18

Blagovest 12L satellite on its way to Baikonur. Photo Credit: ISS Reshetnev

Russia is in the final stage of preparations to launch its Proton-M rocket with the Blagovest 12L military communications satellite. Liftoff is scheduled to take place at 6:12 p.m. EDT (22:12 GMT) April 18, 2018, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (more…)

Russia launches Kosmos-2520 military satellite

Russia has launched the Kosmos-2520 military satellite on board a Proton-M rocket, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed.

#VIDEO Launch of Proton-M with Russian #MoD spacecraft. The spacecraft got the Cosmos-2520 sequential number pic.twitter.com/oY2Mtepv3F

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) August 17, 2017

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Kosmos (Russian: Ко́смос, IPA: [ˈkozməs], Cosmos) is a…

As space debris concerns grow, AMC-9 satellite appears to be adding to the problem

Image Credit: ESA

Ever since the start of the Space Age in 1958, humanity has left an ever-increasing amount of debris on orbit. The fact that, until recently, almost all launch vehicles were completely disposable. Even the satellites, and probes sent aloft by those rockets end up adding even more high tech garbage to endlessly conduct orbits around our world. However, not all of this debris…