Russia launches Proton-M rocket carrying telecoms satellite

• Launch is second success in less than a month after loss of Mexican satellite
• Proton-M is a veteran workhorse of the space industry

Russia has successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the second successful launch since the disastrous loss of a Mexican satellite in May.

The Proton-M took off at 10.10 pm local time (19.10 GMT) from the desert launch site.