On December 29, 2009 Proton-Breeze M launcher, carrying the DirecTV 12 satellite for DIRECTV Inc., lifted off from Pad 39 of the Baykonur Cosmodrome at 03:22 Moscow time.
In 9 hours 15 minutes, Breeze-M upper stage successfully injected DirecTV-12 satellite, weighing almost 6 tons, into geostationary transfer orbit.
This was the 10th out of 10 successful Proton launches in 2009, and the 351st Proton's mission. International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) provided DirecTV-12 launch services by the Proton-M rocket, for the benefit of DIRECTV Inc.
