Russian Proton M launches Luch-5A and AMOS-5 satellites

A Russian government Proton-M launch vehicle has successfully launched with two satellites – Russia’s Luch-5A and Israel’s AMOS-5 – on Sunday. Launch was nominal and on schedule at 11:17 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ahead of a long flight profile which involved four burns of the Briz-M (Breeze-M) Upper Stage. More

(Source: NasaSpaceFlight.com - Dec 12)