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Russian rocket puts U.S. satellite into space

Russia's space forces launched on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. satellite

16:30 24/04/2010

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Russia's space forces launched on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. satellite, the Defense Ministry said.

The rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan at 11:19 GMT to put a U.S. SES-1 satellite into space.

The satellite is due to separate from the carrier rocket at around 20:19 GMT.

The 2.6-ton satellite belongs to SES World Skies and has a service life of some 15 years.

The telecommunications satellite will provide digital television services for customers in the United States and the Caribbean regions.

This was the fifth Proton-M launch Russia has carried out since the start of the year.

MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti)

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