Moscow, on April, 28th./ИТАР-ТАСС/. From Baikonur at 09:00 Moscow time the booster rocket " for the first time has started Zenith-3SL Б ", have informed in Federal space agency/Роскосмос/. It will deduce the Israeli telecommunication satellite " Amos-3 " into a geostationary orbit.

It is the first start-up from the modernized starting complex "Zenith-TH" within the limits of the international project " Ground start ".

Originally start was supposed to be carried out on April, 24th, but it has been transferred because of unavailability of the ground process equipment.

" The траспортно-adjusting device which brings up and establishes rockets on a starting complex, could not depart in time from a starting table before start ", - have explained at the cosmodrome. The booster rocket/РН/was ready to start.

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