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A Proton rocket was launched from Platform 200 at the Baikonur space center on Saturday. It put into orbit a Canadian telecommunications satellite Nimiq 4.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 20.09.2008
- Date published: 20.09.2008
- Author: Sergey Kazak
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2148x3015px, 1.5Mb