New Proton launch

Agapov Vladimir (avm@kiam1.rssi.ru)
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 22:13:26 +0400 (MSD) 

Hello,

Here is a launch announcement reported by ITAR-TASS.

Best regards,
  Vladimir Agapov.

MOSCOW ITAR-TASS WORLD SERVICE IN RUSSIAN 1712 GMT 6 JUN 97

   BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENTS VERONIKA ROMANENKOVA AND VIKTOR
GRITSENKO

   FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT MOSCOW, 6 JUN -- UNITS OF THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION MILITARY SPACE TROOPS UNDER THE PERSONAL COMMAND OF C-IN-
C LT-GEN VALERIY GRIN, SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A PROTON-K HEAVY ROCKET
FROM PAD NO 200 AT BAYKONUR AT 2057 MOSCOW TIME TODAY.  THE ROCKET
SHOULD PLACE THE LATEST COSMOS CLASS SATELLITE IN NEAR-EARTH ORBIT,
FROM WHERE IT WILL BE OPERATED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, ITAR-TASS
WAS TOLD AT THE SPACE FORCES PRESS OFFICE.
   THIS WAS THE 245TH LAUNCH OF A PROTON ROCKET SINCE THE FIRST IN
1965.  THE SATELLITE WAS THE 280TH OF ITS CLASS TO BE TAKEN UP BY A
PROTON AND ALSO THE 15TH TO BE LAUNCHED BY RUSSIA THIS YEAR.


-- 
Vladimir M. Agapov |                  Ballistic Center of
Moscow, Russia     |    the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAN
                   |                    Moscow, Russia
                   | tel. +7-095-333-8067 (work), e-mail: avm@kiam1.rssi.ru