MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A subsidiary of Russia’s Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has signed a contract with global satellite provider Intelsat to launch several Proton-M carrier rockets to put the company’s satellites into orbit, according to a Wednesday center press release.
"International Launch Services… and Intelsat, the world's leading satellite communications provider, signed a contract for five Proton-M carrier rocket launches from the Baikonur space center by 2023," the press release read.
The Proton-M, produced by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, is the largest carrier rocket in Russia's space launch vehicle fleet. The rocket has lifted dozens of Russian-made and foreign satellites since it was first launched in 2001.
