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Booster block Breeze-M intended for launch to target orbit of space satellite Inmarsat 4F3 being re-fueled at Baikonur

Booster block Breeze-M intended for launch into target orbit of the space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 is being re-fuelled at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to Roscosmos press service.

Baikonur. August 13. Kazakhstan Today - Booster block Breeze-M intended for launch into target orbit of the space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 is being re-fuelled at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to Roscosmos press service.

According to the press service, the experts of the cosmodrome have finished assembly of the rocket carrier Proton-M and today the rocket carrier Proton- M with the booster block Breeze-M and the space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 have been transported to the technical filling station.

The rocket carrier Proton-M with the space satellite Inmarsat 4F3 launch has been scheduled for August 19 at 04.43 Astana time.

The space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 weighting about 6 tons was made by the concern EADS Astrium on the basis of the platform EUROSTAR 3000 by the order of one of the largest international operators of global system of mobile satellite communication Inmarsat (Great Britain).

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