The Mission Rocket: Proton M with Breeze M upper stage Payload: Eutelsat's W3A Date: March 15, 2004 Time: 2306 GMT (6:06 p.m. EST) Site: Complex 81, Pad 24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Satellite feed: Galaxy 3, Transponder 2, C-band Launch events timeline Ground track map time Orbit insertion graphic The Payload The W3A spacecraft, built by EADS Astrium, will provide communications services to Europe and sub-Saharan Africa for operator Eutelsat. Learn more The Launcher The Khrunichev-built three-stage Proton M rocket and the Breeze M fourth stage will launch W3A spacecraft. Proton fact sheet Archived Proton coverage 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 W3A telecommunications satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.