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Proton-M launches military satellite into orbit

Proton-M rocket lifts off from Baikonur with the Blagovest 11L satellite on August 17, 2017, at 04:07 local time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: Roscosmos

A military communications satellite, known as Blagovest 11L, has been successfully launched into space by a Proton-M / Briz-M heavy-lift rocket. The launch vehicle thundered off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…