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A Proton-K heavy carrier rocket, with Cosmos-series military satellite on board, at the launch pad of the Baikonur space center. At 7.10 am Moscow time a Proton-K heavy carrier rocket, with Cosmos-series military satellite on board, launched from the Baikonur space center. It has successfully orbited a Russian military satellite.
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance, Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 28.02.2009
- Date published: 28.02.2009
- Author: Sergey Kazak
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2592x3872px, 1.6Mb