In the Russian Baikonur cosmodrome before the launch of Proton-M booster with ProtoStar II/IndoStar II satellite. ProtoStar-2 built by Boeing Satellite Systems on the Boeing 601 HP platform will stay on the orbit for 15 years providing direct TV and other communication services including broadband Internet on the territories of Indonesia, India, the Phillipines and Taiwan.
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance, Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 16.05.2009
- Date published: 16.05.2009
- Author: Sergey Kazak
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2592x3872px, 1.1Mb