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Proton M launch with the Intelsat 16 satellite
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 4-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the Intelsat 16 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the Intelsat 16 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geostationary orbit. Separation of the Intelsat 16 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 34 minutes after liftoff.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=Cg...embedded#at=42
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