The Mission Rocket: Proton M with Breeze M upper stage Payload: AMC 15 Date: Oct. 14, 2004 Time: 2123 GMT (5:23 p.m. EDT) Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Satellite feed: AMC 9, Transponder 3, C-band, 85° West Spaceflight Now + Premium video content for our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. Proton lofts Amazonas A Russian Proton M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the Amazonas communications satellite that will serve the Americas and Europe. (2min 25sec file)  Play video Rocket rollout The fully assembled Proton rocket is rolled to launch pad for its flight to place the Amazonas spacecraft into orbit. (41sec file)  Play video Become a subscriber More video NewsAlert Sign up for our NewsAlert service and have the latest news in astronomy and space e-mailed direct to your desktop. Enter your e-mail address: Privacy note: your e-mail address will not be used for any other purpose.		BY JUSTIN RAY Follow the countdown and launch of the Russian Proton rocket carrying the AMC 15 telecommunications satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.