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A Proton-M carrier rocket with the YahSat 1B telecommunications satellite aboard, blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome early on April 24, 2012. The Russian carrier rocket successfully launched the satellite built by Astrium/Thales Alenia Space consortium for the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company of United Arab Emirates, the RIA Novosti news agency reported

Russian rocket blasts Emirati satellite into orbit

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