Russian Proton-M rocket going to launch European satellite

A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket is going to position European telecommunications satellite into orbit on the coming November 18 of this year 2007. SIRIUS 4 is a multi-mission Ku/Ka-band satellite operated by SES SIRIUS AB, a leading European provider of telecommunication services.




The Proton rocket launches both commercial ILS missions and Russian government payloads from the Baikonur space center. Another launch of a Proton launch vehicle with a Globus spacecraft in December will be made on behalf of the Russian Defense Ministry.