Satellite News

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Garpun 12L (Kosmos 2513); Date: 13 December 2015, 0017 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket successfully placed the Russian military communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit.

The Elektro-L2 weather satellite separated from the Zenit rocket’s upper stage as planned approximately nine hours after lift-off.