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January 15, 2014

Two carrier rockets to be launched from Baikonur next month
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 15, 2014
Two Russian carrier rockets are scheduled to blast off next month from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesperson for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Friday. "In February, we are planning to launch Soyuz-U carrier rocket with ProgressM-22M space freighter and Proton-M spacecraft carrying Turkish telecommunications satellite TurkSat-4A from the Baikonur space center," the spokesman said. He added that preparations for the launches entered their active stage and both sp ... read more

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