MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has orbited an Israeli communications satellite, the Federal Space Agency reported Sunday.
The comsat was launched with the help of a Zenit-2SB carrier rocket at 00:05 Moscow Time Sunday (20:05 GMT Saturday) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
The Amos-4 satellite (Afro-Mediterranean Orbital System), manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., separated from the DM-SLB upper stage at 06:50 Moscow Time (02:50 GMT).
It will provide DTH, VSAT and broadband Internet services to consumers in Russia, the Middle East, Southeast and Central Asia.
