MOSCOW. Feb 5 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia expects to launch 17 spacecraft from four space centers within the next three months, a source from the rocket and space industry told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday.
"Two Russian space launches are due in February, six in March and five in April. They will be conducted from Baikonur, Plesetsk and Kourou space centers and the floating platform in the Pacific. Seventeen spacecraft will be put into orbit," the source said.
In addition to the Progress M-22M resupply ship mission scheduled for Wednesday, a Proton-M launch vehicle with a Briz-M upper stage and the Turksat 4A Turkish satellite will blast off from the Baikonur space center [in Kazakhstan] in February. The Proton takeoff is due on February 15," the source said.