March 2, Proton-M/DM launch vehicle lifted off successfully at 00.19 (GMT +3) from Baikonur spaceport with 3 spacecrafts proposed for Russian Global Navigation System GLONASS.
After DM upper stage with three Glonass-M spacecrafts’ separation from LV’s third stage, DM upper stage proceeded with orbiting the cluster.
According to the launch program Glonass-M cluster was put into the target orbit at 3.52 (GMT +3).
