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The Proton launch took off from the Russian cosmodrome at Baikonur at 10:40 pm (1840 GMT) Saturday, the Khrunichev centre said late Saturday.
"After a nine-hour 13-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the EchoStar XV satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit," International Launch Services (ILS) said Sunday, referring to the Proton rocket's fourth stage.
"This is a high energy orbit that will enable the satellite to have approximately 20 years of service life," the US-based firm said.
The satellite will provide programming for the DISH Network, a US pay-TV broadcaster with more than 14 million subscribers.
The Khrunichev space is the manufacturer of the Proton rocket and the majority shareholder in ILS.
In a similar launch in March, the centre put into orbit an EchoStar XIV telecommunications satellite.
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