Russia's Proton rocket takes U.S. satellite to orbit

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Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket, launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, took a U.S. telecommunications satellite to orbit after a nine-hour flight, a spokesman for Russia's federal space agency said on Sunday.

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"The Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage, which blasted off from the Baikonur Space Center on Saturday orbited the AMC-4P satellite," the source said.

A control station in Perth, Australia, has already received initial signals from the satellite, also known under the name SES-1.

The 2.6-tonne SES-1 is a hybrid C- and Ku-band spacecraft with a life span of 17+ years. It will provide coverage of the U.S. and the Caribbean and is intended to replace SES's existing AMC-2 and AMC-4 satellites.

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[howaboutme]

1. The NEW America

where other countries now do what we used to do. We have a Wall Street and a Federal Reserve (all of whom are rich) who work not towards the interests of most Americans but to make their greedy peers richer who benefit while most Americans lose. Free trade was always about making a few very rich while fucking over most Americans. Until you understand exactly how the rich are made richer while the poor are made poorer you won't ever comprehend the fascist American way.

BTW most fascists want more illegal immigration because they thrive on having cheap labor and nannies and sexual slaves that undermine the wages of legal Americans. When you examine illegal immigration you need examine the winners and losers, and the winners that espouse illegal labor are the typical Republican businesses, the US Chamber of Commerce, and not the typical Democratic union members. The latter are the victims.