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Russia to carry out 3 space launches in August
by Staff Writers
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 01, 2011

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Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it is planning to launch two satellites and a space freighter next month.

The Express-AM4 satellite will be launched on August 18 on board a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.

A Progress M-12M cargo spacecraft will be launched from Baikonur to the International Space Station on August 24 on board the Soyuz-U launch vehicle.

A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket will orbit a Glonass-M navigation satellite after the launch on August 25 from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia.

Source: RIA Novosti




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