Proton Orbits Seven
A Russian Proton booster successfully launched seven Iridium satellites into low-Earth orbit last week, bringing the venture one step closer to its goal of offering global mobile telephone service by the end of next year via 66 satellites. The Proton, launched June 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...
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