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State commission made a decision on launch of rocket Proton-M

The State commission at Baikonur made a decision on launch of the rocket Proton-M with the space satellites Glonass-M, the agency reports with reference to Roskosmos press service.

Baikonur. December 25. Kazakhstan Today - The State commission at Baikonur made a decision on launch of the rocket Proton-M with the space satellites Glonass-M, the agency reports with reference to Roskosmos press service.

According to the press service, today at the session the State commission made a decision on launch and refueling of the rocket Proton-M.

The rocket Proton-M with three Russian navigating satellites Glonass-M is planned to be launched from a launcher №24 on the platform №81 today at 16.43 Astana time (13.43 Moscow time). The forthcoming launch will be the tenth launch of the rocket Proton-M from the cosmodrome Baikonur in 2008.

The space satellites Glonass-M were produced in Open Society - Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems and will enlarge the orbital group of satellites of the Russian global navigating satellite system (GLONASS).

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