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We have launch!
perfect seperation and all is well...




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Download Mpeg video of launch

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Live coverage of launch windows media player stream.

Launch WebCam



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The launch of a commercial satellite on a Proton rocket was postponed one day because of an unspecified "technical problem" this however has been sorted and the launch is now scheduled for Sunday at 1759 GMT.



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A Proton M/Breeze M Rocket will launch the DIRECTV 8 satellite from the Balaikonur Cosmodrome, KZ on Saturday, May 21, 2005.
The Launch Window Opens at 17:59 GMT.
DIRECTV 8 will provide national coverage from the 101 degrees West longitude orbital slot, DIRECTV's primary orbital slot.
The satellite will also be able to operate from DIRECTV's orbital slots at 110 and 119 degrees West longitude.
The satellite will carry 16 high-power transponders for high-quality national digital video services.

International Launch Services (ILS)
Payload: DIRECTV 8 Loral 1300 platform Separated mass: approx. 3,711 kg
Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg, including payload
Height: 58 m
Launch Date: Saturday, May 21, 2005 Launch Window Opens at 17:59 GMT


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Preparations have begun to launch an American telecommunications spacecraft - Direc TV8, aboard a proton-M rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome on May 31, 2005.
The rocket is expected to arrive at the cosmodrome on April 20 by rail.
The satellite will provide radio and television broadcasting to the continental part of the U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.



-- Edited by Blobrana at 19:54, 2005-05-22

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