Moscow: Russia on Thursday successfully launched a military satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported.
The Proton-M rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from Baikonur at 0318 GMT.
The rocket is due to release the satellite into orbit at 0919 GMT on Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency cited as saying the spokesman for the Russian military space forces, Alexei Zolotukhin.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:33