Proton Rocket Orbits AsiaSat 5
MOSCOW — An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket launched AsiaSat 5, a Space Systems/Loral 1300 series telecommunication satellite, on Aug. 11. Liftoff from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, occurred at 1:47 a.m. local time Aug. 12 (19:47 GMT Aug. 11), and the Proton’s Briz-M upper stage...
Subscription Required
This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.
Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.
Already an AWIN subscriber? Login
Did you know? Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.