Burns 3 and 4 completed, APT jettisoned.
Just to wrap up this one:
ILS Communications, 06:03 p.m. EST on 10 December 2008 | 0 Comments
We are happy to announce the successful conclusion of
another launch mission! The Proton M Breeze M rocket has
carried to geostationary transfer orbit the Ciel II
satellite, built by ThalesAlenia Space for the Ciel
Satellite Group. Spacecraft separation occurred on schedule,
at 17:55 EST. Total launch time was 9 hours, 12 minutes.
Thanks for the video, truly spectacular staging.
On an aside, relating to RoskosmosTV: I've noticed a drop in their video updates during November, does anyone know about the cause? They missed a pair of launches there, but apparently they're picking up pace again. I was wondering if the crisis and cost cuts had something to do for some time
