Today, December 5, 2021, the overall assembly of the Space Rocket “Proton-M” began on the Baikonur cosmodrome. It is intended to launch Russian telecommunication spacecraft “Express-AMU3” and “Express AMU7”. Start scheduled for December 12, 2021 at 15:09 Moscow time.
On the eve of the Russian missile and space industry, the SPECIAL SPECIALS OF THE SPACE SPACE PART ON THE DOCKING WITH THE PROTON-M MAILABLE.
The head part in the EXPRESS Spacecraft mounted on the Breeze-M accelerated block and the head fairing shutters, moved to the mission of the final assembly of the rocket. After its docking with the “package” of three stages of the carrier, electrical checks of the overall assembly will be carried out, the supply of pipelines to ensure the thermal mode of spacecraft, as well as the installation of the protective thermopower on the head fairing.
At the end of work on the technical complex, the space for space will be exported to the technological refueling position to refuel the low pressure tanks of the Breeze-M acceleration unit.
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The upcoming start will be the 426th in the flight history of the proton missile in all its modifications. It will also be a second launch rocket in 2021.
The Modernized Proton-M Barbell with an improved management system, a higher level of operational characteristics and environmental performance since 2001. Proton-M, equipped with an overclocking unit “Breeze M”, displays a useful load of up to 3.3 tons to a geostationary orbit, and more than 6 tons of geo-walker orbit.