![Launch of a Proton rocket from Baikonur](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F34%2F35%2F343533_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U2VyZ2V5IEthemFrICMzNDM1MzM%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-343533-preview_f806167ac1e542ad2b29ada3d0278768.jpg)
![Launch of a Proton rocket from Baikonur](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F34%2F35%2F343533_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U2VyZ2V5IEthemFrICMzNDM1MzM%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-343533-preview_f806167ac1e542ad2b29ada3d0278768.jpg)
A Proton rocket blasting off from Platform 200 at the Baikonur space center on Saturday. It put into orbit a Canadian telecommunications satellite Nimiq 4.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 20.09.2008
- Date published: 20.09.2008
- Author: Sergey Kazak
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2492x3728px, 2.7Mb