ILS Proton Lifts Inmarsat’s Second Global Xpress To Orbit

Credit: Global Xpress: Inmarsat
PARIS – An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton M/Briz M rocket lifted Inmarsat’s second Global Xpress (GX) satellite to super-synchronous transfer orbit (SSTO) Feb. 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The rocket lifted off at 7:31 a.m. EST carrying the Boeing-built GX spacecraft...

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