Proton-M launches Kosmos-2520 (Blagovest)

A Proton-M rocket, with a Briz-M (Breeze-M) upper stage, launched the Kosmos-2520 communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 16 August 2017, at 22:07 UTC (17 August 2017, at 04:07 local time), for the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Credit: Roscosmos Proton-M / Kosmos-2520 (Blagovest) Протон-М c Космос-2520 (Благовест)