Friday, January 29, 2016 22:20 (GMT)

International Launch Services launched a Proton-M rocket carrying the Eutelsat 9B communications satellite. Eutelsat 9B is also the first node of the European Data Relay System (ERDS).

EDRS-A liftoff

EDRS-A liftoff

EDRS-A liftoff

EUTELSAT 9B

Eutelsat 9B image album from Eutelsat.

Rollout of the Proton-M carrying Eutelsat 9B

The gold standard for EDRS

Eutelsat 9B during mechanical testing at Airbus.

Launch Site

Launch Pad 39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan