OREANDA-NEWS. April 14, 2009. Prelaunch operations with the Proton-M rocket continue at Baikonur. The rocket with the Breeze-M is intended for the launch of Protostar-2 telecommunication spacecraft.

Khrunichev Center and Baikonur Space Center experts assemble the setup for Proton-M pneumatic tests.

Khrunichev team which will deal with the Breeze-M prelaunch processing shall arrive at Baikonur today. The upper stage is to ba delivered in late April.

Protostar-2 is planned to arrive at the end of the week. The launch is planned in mid May.