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Proton rocket launch. 11/1998

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-lru20-00001

Date

2006-10-19

Zarya, the first component of the International Space Station (ISS), launched at 1:40 a.m. (EST) on November 20, 1998, from Kazahkstan. Atop a Russian Proton rocket, the Zarya Module was lifted into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan. This will begin the multi-year assembly of the ISS.