On September 14, 2015 at 19:00 UTC the Russian "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "DM-03” booster orbited the Russian “Express-AM8” telecommunication satellite. The satellite begins a 15-year mission at 14 degrees west longitude, covering a region stretching from the Americas to Europe, North Africa and Russia.