A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket delivered a US Echostar-21 telecoms satellite together with the Briz-M upper stage into a support orbit earlier on Thursday BISHKEK, June 8. /TASS/. The Russian ...

TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation, Roscosmos, has postponed the launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with the American satellite EchoStar-21 from October 10 to November 23, as well as ...

The Russians redesigned the Proton second stage and the improved rocket has flown successfully twice, including most recently on July 5. Engineering troubles have plagued Zvezda as well.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern ... developed to replace the Soviet-designed Proton rockets. The previous three launches ...

However, Russian officials still plan for a launch in 2021 or 2022. Structural testing on a ground test article of the module was completed in 2019. NEM-1 will be launched on a Proton rocket with ...