“Six hours 37 minutes after the launch, the satellite successfully separated from the upper stage and took a place in the geostationary orbit,” the report said.
Earlier it was reported that the Electro-L satellite No. 3 was launched from the 81st site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
On December 21, the Proton-M launch vehicle was taken to the Baikonur launch complex.
RT led the live broadcast of the launch.