Second Sirius digital radio satellite launched on a Proton

A Russian Proton rocket put the second Sirius digital radio satellite in its elliptical orbit yesterday following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff came at 5:43 a.m. EDT, and the Block DM upper stage released the Sirius-2 spacecraft about two and a half hours later. A...

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