On March 18, 2015 at 22:05 UTC (on March 19 at 01:05 Moscow time) the Russian "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-M” booster orbited the “Express-AM7” telecommunication satellite. Built in Europe by Airbus Defense and Space, the “Express-AM7” satellite will provide television and radio broadcasts, broadband access, multimedia, data, telephony and mobile communications services.