![Carrier rocket Proton-M/Breeze-M prepared for launch](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F37%2F30%2F373007_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U2VyZ2V5IEthemFrICMzNzMwMDc%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-373007-preview_28915d19e67b2c902ac8dcd4372c66da.jpg)
![Carrier rocket Proton-M/Breeze-M prepared for launch](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F37%2F30%2F373007_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U2VyZ2V5IEthemFrICMzNzMwMDc%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-373007-preview_28915d19e67b2c902ac8dcd4372c66da.jpg)
A Proton-M carrier rocket placed onto a launch pad. The Proton-M, with a Breeze-M orbit insertion booster stage and two Express-type telecommunications satellites (Express-AM44 and Express-MD1) on board, continues to be prepared for a launch from the Baikonur space center on February 11.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 07.02.2009
- Date published: 08.02.2009
- Author: Sergey Kazak
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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