Proton-M carrier rocket successfully launched from Baikonur

The Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M rocket orbit insertion upper stage and US communications satellite Intelsat 31 (Intelsat DLA2) has been launched from the Baikonur spaceport, the press service of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said.

"The carrier rocket was launched in accordance with the schedule," TASS cited the press service as saying.

The launch was initially scheduled for the morning of June 8 but it was postponed to a reserve date for technical reasons - one of the rocket’s connectors turned out to be faulty.