Proton Launches Sirius FM5
A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle sent the Sirius FM-5 broadcast satellite to its geostationary transfer orbit early July 1, releasing the 5.8-metric-ton spacecraft after a mission that lasted nine hours, 14 minutes. Liftoff from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan came at 1:10 a.m. local...
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