[FPSPACE] Amazonas launched

[Zeger Nuyens]

It did in an earlier article. Sorry

Carlos Herranz wrote:

>Among so many names of enterprises and institutions, it's odd that the RIAN article fails
>to name the "customer", owner of Amazonas: the Spanish company Hispasat.
>
> PROTON-M TAKES AMAZONAS TO INTERMEDIATE ORBIT
>
> MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Proton-M rocket brought 
> the European communication satellite Amazonas to the base intermediate 
> orbit at 2:41 a.m. Moscow time, reports the Federal Space Agency.
>
> The satellite is being taken to the target orbit by the Briz-M booster 
> and is to reach it by 11:43 a.m. Moscow time. Proton-M was launched 
> from the Baikonur spaceport at 2:32 a.m. Moscow time.
>
> The Proton-M and Briz-M were designed and produced at the Khrunichev 
> State Space Centre.
>
> Alexander Bobrenev, the official spokesman of the Centre, told RIA 
> that Amazonas was created by EADS Astrium for Hispasat on the basis of 
> Eurostar 3000 and is one of the most powerful spacecraft designed for 
> digital television and radio broadcasting, telephone communications, 
> and broadband Internet access.
>
> Amazonas weighs 4,540 kg and is to service South America and a part of 
> Western Europe, in particular Spain, Portugal and France.
>
> The modernised Proton-M rocket, which carried the satellite into 
> space, has improved exploitation and environmental characteristics.
>


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