According to the press service of Roscosmos, the launch took place at 15:03, the separation of the head unit occurred at 15:12, the satellite should be put into orbit at 21:40.

It is clarified that all stages of the rocket’s flight passed normally.

On December 21, it was reported that Proton-M was taken to the launch site of Baikonur.

RT led the live broadcast of the launch.