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Preparation for launch of rocket carrier Proton-M with space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 proceeds at Baikonur

Preparation for launch of the rocket carrier Proton-M with the space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 proceeds at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to a source at the cosmodrome.

Baikonur. August 12. Kazakhstan Today - Preparation for launch of the rocket carrier Proton-M with the space vehicle Inmarsat 4F3 proceeds at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to a source at the cosmodrome.

The experts of the cosmodrome are conducting works on preparation of telecommunication satellite Inmarsat 4F3 according to the new schedule.

As it was informed earlier, launch of the rocket carrier Proton-M with telecommunication satellite Inmarsat 4F3 was changed on August 5 to August 14 due to defect in the computing complex of the booster block Breeze-M.

Within several days the experts of the cosmodrome replaced the defective computing complex on the booster block Breeze-M and began works on assembly of the main part of the rocket carrier Proton-M.

The rocket carrier will be assembled on August 14-15. By the decision of the state commission preparation on the starting complex will proceed and the rocket carrier Proton-M with the space satellite Inmarsat 4F3 will be established on the launch pad.

Preliminary the rocket carrier Proton-M with the space satellite Inmarsat 4F3 will be launched on August 19 at 4.43 Astana time.

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