

In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, a heavy-lift Proton-M rocket carrying an Earth remote sensing satellite, Elektro-L No. 5, is prepared to be erected on a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The launch of the satellite set for February 12.
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- Package: Kazakhstan Russia Space
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 09.02.2026
- Date published: 09.02.2026
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Roscosmos
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2934x2000px, 3.3Mb
- Job-ID: f0ba8603262a2357