Russia launches Proton-M rocket carrying telecoms satellite

Russia has successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the second successful launch since the disastrous loss of a Mexican satellite in May. The Proton-M took off at 10.10 pm local time (19.10 GMT) from the desert launch site. “The launch of the rocket was normal,” the Russian space agency Roscosmos said in a statement. Russia had also successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a British satellite, in late August. More

(Source: The Guradian - Sep 14)