The Russian Space Agency through the Foreign Ministry has officially informed the Kazakh government on the date of next Proton launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on Tuesday.
"The Proton carrying Astra 2E communications satellite will be launched on September 30, in compliance with the bilateral agreement on the Baikonur cosmodrome leasing," a source in Russian Space Agency told Izvestia.