Russia successfully launches Proton-M rocket

Q.  Russia has launched which rocket carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the second successful launch since the disastrous loss of a Mexican satellite in May, on 15th September 2015?
- Published on 16 Sep 15

a. Proton-M
b. Proton-N
c. Proton-L
d. Proton-J

ANSWER: Proton-M
 
Proton M took off at 19:10 GMT from the desert launch site according to Russian space agency Roscosmos. Russia had also successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a British satellite, in late August. In May, Russia lost a Mexican satellite after a Proton-M rocket crashed shortly after the launch.Based on a Soviet-era design, the Proton-M is viewed as a veteran workhorse of the space industry. Russia is developing a new generation of rockets to succeed it.

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