Russia launches 'Proton-M' boosters

The 'Proton-M' rocket was launched from Baikonur space airport carrying Russian satellites 'Luch-5B' and 'Yamal-300K' . Representatives of Roskosmos this launch was made on Saturday 3 November at 01h04 Moscow time (Russia).

Launch of 'Proton-M' boosters

9 minutes after being launched, the accelerator 'Briz-M' and the 'Luch-5B' and 'Yamal-300K ' satellites have separated from the boosters. Blok accelerated to continue to put the satellites on orbit. It is expected that after 10 am on Saturday they will be put into orbit.

'Yamal-300K' is a satellite service provider 'Gazprom Space System' , which ensures the operation of all types of communications in the C and K bands on Russian territory. and CIS countries.

'Luch-5B' - the second satellite in a series of four transitional satellites. This satellite is used to work with low-flying satellites. 'Luch' will receive news from these satellites and transfer it to Russian ground stations in real time.