Proton rocket successfully launches DirecTV 8 May 22

PROTON LAUNCH: A Russian Proton Breeze M rocket placed the DirecTV 8 satellite in an elliptical geosynchronous transfer orbit after lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on May 22. Over the next week the satellite will maneuver into a circular orbit 36,000 kilometers (22,300 miles) above...

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