Three Telcom Birds Launched On Two Rockets
By Frank Morring, Jr. .
Three telecommunications satellites built in India, Japan and the U.S. were sent to geostationary transfer orbit Friday following launches on a Russian Proton and a European Ariane 5 separated by 1 hr., 23 min. and half a world.
Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 lifted off at 3:15 p.m. EDT from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Proton M/Breeze M launch vehicle. Built by Space Systems/Loral for ...