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Moscow (AFP) April 24, 2010 A Russian Proton rocket carrying a US AMC 49 telecommunications satellite was launched into orbit Saturday, the Russian space agency said on its website. "At 3:19 pm (1119 GMT), we successfully launched a Proton-M space rocket with a Briz-M booster carrying the US AMC 49 satellite" from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the agency said. US operator SES World Skies' satellite will be in geostationary orbit and serve the United States and the Caribbean, Interfax news agency said.
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Mexico To Create Its First Space Center On Yucatan PeninsulaMexico City, Mexico (RIA Novosti) Apr 23, 2010 Mexico will create its own space center on the Yucatan Peninsula, deputy economy minister Francisco Pimentel said. "In the next few days, US astronaut Jose Hernandez and engineer Fernando de la Pena will travel there to carry out an inspection, in order to study concrete etails of the future construction," he said. Pimentel said the space center will be built near the city of Chetumal, on ... read more |
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