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Moscow (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 A Russian cargo vessel took off Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan heading for the International Space Station (ISS), the control centre announced. The launch of the Progress spaceship was carried out "as planned" at 0345 GMT and nine minutes later it separated from its booster rockets, a spokesman said quoted by Interfax news agency. The vessel, carrying 2.7 tonnes of freight, was scheduled to dock with the ISS on Friday. Its load included fuel, medical equipment, food, clothing and water as well as luxuries such as chocolate and sweets and DVDs of recent Russian films for the crew of the space station.
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Russia launches military satellite: reportMoscow (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 Russia successfully launched Thursday a military satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. The Proton-M rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from Baikonur at 0318 GMT and was due to release it into orbit at 0919 GMT Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency cited as saying the spokesman for the Russian military space forces, Alexei Zolotukhin. ... read more |
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