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Echostar 14

Echostar 14 lifts off Saturday. Credit: Khrunichev

Proton delivers Echostar 14

Published: 2010 March 21

Russia successfully delivered a commercial communications satellite for the US-based company.

The Proton rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 20, 2010, at 21:27 Moscow Time, carrying Echostar 14 satellite. The 6,300-kilogram spacecraft became the heaviest payload for the launch vehicle to date.

According to the rocket manufacturer, all phases of the launch went flawlessly and the satellite separated from the Briz-M upper stage as scheduled. It was the fourth mission of the Russian workhorse rocket in less than three months of 2010.

The launch was originally scheduled for the early March 2010.

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