http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=270122.12.2007 two most important for Russia start will occur within the next few days in Baikonur
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Nesmotrya to the cold weather and snowfall in Baikonur stands hot time. Yesterday at the "Gagarin" start the calculation 1 GO of center KBOM approached the works with the "progress M-62" (carrier rocket "union - u"), and today relay race were accepted 2-1 center KBOM.
6 is hour 30 minutes it began transport RKN the "proton" with three automatic spacecraft GLONASS to the launching system of pl.8y.
K of 9 mornings rocket was established at the start and the calculations of the organizations Of roskosmosa approached conducting of the planned operations.
Not less important for Russia start of carrier rocket with three automatic spacecraft GLONASS (global navigation system) is planned for 22 hours 32 minutes of 34 seconds on 25 December Moscow time.
This is special in the present year starting, if one considers that after the appearance of three automatic spacecraft in orbit (give that god!) Russia will obtain its global navigation system (during February of the following year after testing of these satellites the coating with the navigation signal above Russia it will compose 95, and above the peace - 86 percent). System (GLONASS) is necessary both in the interests of Defense Ministry and for the civil purposes, since any citizen of the world (not only Russians) will be able to free of charge obtain navigation signal. This signal is necessary for the aircraft, the ships, and also the motorists, the travellers. With an accuracy to several is meter the user it learns according to the instrument "navigator" about its location actually at any point of the peace (recently in NPO im. Khrunicheva this instrument it was shown to the President of Russia To v.V.Putinu). This instrument stands comparatively inexpensively.
The today only United States of America have similar expanded and working navigation system (GPS).
star2 - 25/12/2007 3:31 AM
Live webcast for launch 
I think there will be no live webcast for this launch! The best place to wait for news about it will be right here!
Why is used combination Proton-m with DM-2 upper stage? Sources of Proton-K are finished?
Launch is now 19:32:34 GMT
Jirka Dlouhy - 25/12/2007 6:00 PM
Why is used combination Proton-m with DM-2 upper stage? Sources of Proton-K are finished?
Production of Proton-K rockets has finished this year... There are few Proton-K rockets for future launches...
anik - 25/12/2007 3:12 PM
Jirka Dlouhy - 25/12/2007 6:00 PM
Why is used combination Proton-m with DM-2 upper stage? Sources of Proton-K are finished?
Production of Proton-K rockets has finished this year... There are few Proton-K rockets for future launches...
How many remain to be launched?
According to Novosti kosmonavtiki forum, live webcast of Proton-M launch will be at 19:30 UTC on our "Vesti" TV-channel...
High quality -
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onairLow quality -
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair_lowGW_Simulations - 25/12/2007 6:25 PM
How many remain to be launched?
Stan Black has already answered to this question
here... So there are possibly four more Proton-K rockets (Nos. 410-13, 410-14, 410-16, 410-18) in storage in Russian Ministry of Defence...
anik - 25/12/2007 4:26 PM
So there are possibly four more Proton-K rockets (Nos. 410-13, 410-14, 410-16, 410-18) in storage in Russian Ministry of Defence...
Thanks. Also, is the Blok-DM2 still in production or not?. If not, how many remain?
Interesting to hear about the webcast. Could this be the beginning of a more open Russian space programme?
Will anyone be kind enough to record it then post it, Please?
I'm around for a while, so will at least help cover the launch.
Recording and posting it might be a problem due to the station's copyright, looking around their site to see.
Can someone confirm I've got a live feed here, some Russian guy with a Russian flag behind him, being interviewed by a female interviewer?
Slightly off topic, but I was just testing the stream to ensure that I could watch it, and noticed this: I don't know much Russian, but I think it's saying something about an RS-24 launch. Can anyone translate it? If it isn't about the missile, don't worry.
Chris Bergin - 25/12/2007 6:39 PM
I'm around for a while, so will at least help cover the launch.
Recording and posting it might be a problem due to the station's copyright, looking around their site to see.
Can someone confirm I've got a live feed here, some Russian guy with a Russian flag behind him, being interviewed by a female interviewer?
Yes. I had that as well. Now I've got some woman.
