The Proton-M carrier, carrying Russian communications satellite Yamal601, will launch from Baikonur space station at the end of May, Next May.
"The Proton-M carrier carrying the communications satellite Yamal601 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur space station on May 31," the Russian news agency SPOTNIK quoted the source as saying.
Yamal601 will replace the existing Yamal202 satellite and will provide telecommunications services in the EU, the European part of Russia, and the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia regions.