Russia's Federal Space Agency still plans the delayed launch of a new US communications satellite, Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency said Monday.
The U.S.-made AMC-15 telecommunications satellite was originally scheduled to be launched Sept. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Proton booster vehicle, but the launch has been delayed for an indefinite period for technical reasons.
However, the Russian Federal Space Agency has already made arrangements to replace the Proton with a Briz-M booster rocket to launch the satellite as soon as possible, Interfax-Kazakhstan said.
"Divisions of the Transport and Chemical Machine-Building Design Bureau, under the supervision of Baikonur federal space center instructors, have completed preparations for receiving a Briz-M booster to fill its tanks with fuel components and compressed gas," the news agency said.
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