Russia's Proton-M to launch European telecoms satellite

Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket will launch a European telecommunications satellite Ka-Sat from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Monday. The launch of the six-tonne Ka-Sat will become the twelfth for Proton-M carrier rocket this year and the 363rd in its history. Ka-Sat is made by EADS Astrium for Eutelsat, a leading provider of satellite telecommunications in Europe. This will be the first launch of Proton-M carrier rocket after it veered off course and sunk in the Pacific Ocean on December 5, losing three Glonass-M satellites, a spokesman for Roscosmos said. More

(Source: RIA Novosti - Dec 26)