Russia launches Proton-M rocket with next-gen weather satellite (VIDEO)

The heavy-lift vehicle started off from Baikonur on Thursday carrying the Elektro-L spacecraft into geostationary orbit

Russia’s Roscosmos successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying the Elektro-L No.5 weather satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday. The liftoff occurred at 11:52 AM Moscow time, with the spacecraft set to reach geostationary orbit roughly six-and-a-half hours later.

The three-stage Proton-M...