DirecTV 10/Proton Breeze M on the pad

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Link....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>DIRECTV 10 Satellite Installed on Baikonur Launch Pad</b><br /><br />July 3rd, 2007<br /><br />(Khrunichev) - The operation readiness review was held yesterday at Baikonur with participating of all the representatives of Russian and foreign entities involved in the Proton Breeze M -DIRECTV 10 launch campaign. On the same day, the meeting was followed by Russian State Commission comprising Russian space officials, met at 6 p.m. to certify the readiness of the integrated space rocket Proton Breeze M with DIRECTV 10 to be rolled out from Assembly and Test Building to the launch pad. The Commission gave a go –ahead to the roll –out operations.<br /><br />According to the launch schedule these operations began today at 06:30 a.m. (Baikonur local time). The rocket has already be erected vertically on the pad.<br /><br />Within the following couple of days the Russian technical team and their colleges from Boeing (the manufacturer of DIRECTV10 spacecraft) will perform the joint operations with the rocket at the launch pad.<br /><br />The State Commission will meet again on Friday, 6 July, at 10 p.m. (Baikonur local time) to certify the readiness of the Proton Breeze M vehicle and flight control team for the launch.<br /><br />The launch is currently scheduled at 7:16 a.m. (local Baikonur time) on July 7, 9:16 p.m. Friday, July 6 ( EDT).<br /><br />DIRECTV 10 mission will be the debut of the Enhanced Proton Breeze M, which is capable of launching spacecraft over 6,000 kg into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).<br /><br />To lift DIRECTV 10 – the heaviest ever and most powerful DIRECTV’s satellite, having separated mass approximately 5,893 kg – Khrunichev (the manufacturer of Proton Breeze M launch vehicle) has designed and implemented a series of improvements to the Proton to maximize its rocket lift capacity. By 2009, these improvem</p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[ckikilwai]

cool I've never seen a proton launch live. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />I found the link for the webcast: http://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils070607/