Tue,Oct 1,2013
MOSCOW, Sept. 30 -- Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket on Monday, placing into orbit a Luxembourg-owned satellite, the federal space agency Roscosmos said.
This was the sixth launch of the Proton-M this year and the first one after a failed launch on July 2 when the rocket with three communications satellites on board crashed seconds after blast-off.
Monday's launch was carried out at 01:38 Moscow time (2138 GMT Sunday) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, said Roscosmos.
Communications satellite Astra-2E has been placed into a geostationary orbit. The satellite will provide services for European, Middle Eastern and Northern African countries in the next 15 years, it said.
The heavy-lift Proton-M is a workhorse of Russia's space program. An investigation found out that the July crash happened owing to incorrect installation of the rocket's guiding sensors.
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