On June 03, 2010 at 22:00 UTC the Arabsat-5 telecommunication satellite was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The satellite was orbited by the Russian Proton-M launch vehicle powered by the Breeze-M upper stage.
The launch was carried out under a contract between the International Launch Services (ILS) and ARABSAT satellite operator. ILS, owned by the Russain Khrunichev Space Center, the Russian "Energy” Space Corporation and the U.S. Space Transport Inc., provides spacecraft launch services for Proton-M heavy rocket-carriers. Attachments: | 
