On October 5, at the Baikonur cosmodrome, the Proton-M rocket with the Eutelsat 5 West B telecommunications satellite and the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 was transported to the launch complex of the site No. 200 of the cosmodrome.

I, I am at the end of my long life however, I have a prayer to tell everyone that they are looking forward to live theirs, that they will find obstacles that will seem insurmountable but with all the good will and hope they will be able to overcome them,

An incomparable toy! To everyone who is involved !!!!! Low bow and respect! More scientific achievements in connection with flights! Not cabbies, but inventors and discoverers!

Proton (Russian: Протон) (official name: UR-500) is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965. Modern versions of the launch system are still in use as of 2020, making it one of the most successful heavy thrusters in space flight history. All Protons were built at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Moscow and the Chemical Automated Machinery Design Bureau [4] was transported from Voronezh to the factory, the Baikonur Space horizontal launch pad was installed, and raised to a vertical position for launch.