Russia may launch 3rd military communications satellite on December 21

The launch of the third Blagovest military communications satellite is planned for December 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a source in the domestic space industry told TASS on Thursday. "The launch of the Blagovest satellite is planned for December 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton-M carrier rocket," the source said. A final decision on the date and on the launch will be made by the state commission, the source said. A source in the space industry earlier told TASS that the Blagovest might be launched in the third ten-day period of December but declined to specify the date. More

(Source: TASS - Nov 26)