15-March-2008, 05:30 PM
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I didn't say they'd all be successful launches...
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March 14 Proton • AMC 14
Launch time: 2318 GMT (7:18 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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International Launch Services press release: ILS DECLARES PROTON LAUNCH ANOMALY
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The Proton Breeze M rocket lifted off at 5:18 a.m. today local time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the AMC-14 satellite for SES AMERICOM and its customer, EchoStar Corporation. Preliminary flight information indicates that the anomaly occurred during the second burn of the Breeze M upper stage. The satellite failed to reach the planned orbit. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin.
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This went better:
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March 15 Delta 2 • GPS 2R-19 (M6)
Launch window: 0609-0623 GMT (2:09-2:23 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
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ULA press release: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GPS IIR-19 Mission for Air Force
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United Launch Alliance successfully launched a Delta II expendable launch vehicle today from Space Launch Complex 17-A at 2:09 a.m., EDT carrying the Air Force’s GPS IIR-19(M) satellite. This launch marks the first mission for the Air Force from the cape in 2008.
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