ILS Astra 1M Launch So Far Succesful, Ciel-2 Next

[HDRoberts]

So far so good. The 3rd and 4th Britz-M burns have been completed. The 5th burn should happen sometime tonight around 1AM.

Astra-1M

Then the Ciel-2 launch campaign can be started in earnest with the success of Astra 1M

 

[HDRoberts]

It was a success.

We are pleased to announce another successful launch mission
with the Proton M Breeze M rocket, carrying the Astra 1M
satellite built by EADS Astrium for SES ASTRA. Spacecraft
separation occurred, as scheduled, at 4 minutes before 1
a.m. EST. Total launch time was 9 hours, 12 minutes.

Expect coverage of the Ciel-2 mission on the ILS website (ilslaunch.com) to begin any day.

 

[nelson61]

It was a success.



Expect coverage of the Ciel-2 mission on the ILS website (ilslaunch.com) to begin any day.

think I read a week or so ago that the proton had arrived on site by train.