Russian rocket to launch U.S. commercial satellite Aug. 19
15/08/2008 17:36 MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) -- A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying an Inmarsat communications satellite will be launched August 19, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Friday.
The rocket is to be launched by the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
The agency earlier said an onboard computer failure was discovered in the Breeze M booster during prelaunch testing, causing the launch to be postponed from August 14.
The Inmarsat-4 satellites, built by EADS Astrium, are among the largest and most sophisticated commercial communication satellites in the world, delivering advanced voice and broadband data communications to mobile users.
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