May 31, 2019
Categories: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Proton
“Proton-M” rocket launched from Baikonur with the Russian communications satellite “Yamal-601”

On May 30, at 20:42 (Moscow time), the “Proton-M” launch vehicle was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome.

The Russian communications and television satellite “Yamal-601” will be put into orbit in the interests of the operator JSC “Gazprom Space Systems”.

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