Launch of Inmarsat-5-F3

[MinimumSky5]

Inmarsat-5-F3, a geostationary communications satellite, is scheduled for 11:44 UTC from Baikonur cosmodrome, on a Proton K/Briz-M rocket. This launch is important for the Proton rocket, as it has suffered from a series of recent failures, with the most recent failure in May, with the loss of a Mexican communications sat.

The stream starts at 11:30 UTC : http://www.inmarsat.com/service/global-xpress/

Edit : the stream is currently online, I think that it's the commentary that starts at 11:30

[rodion]

-18:24...i wonder if i can catch this just before i have to leave for the weekend. would be a nice to see a cool thing before going on a six hour drive.

[MinimumSky5]

What's 20 minutes to 6 hours! The entire launch takes over two hours due to the low TWR of the Briz-M stage, but the first few minutes is always the most fun!

[SaturnianBlue]

Liftoff has happened, 2nd stage is burning well. Also, the description on the site hasn't been updated for 6 months...

Edit: 2nd stage has been jettisoned.

Edit 2: Seems Breeze-M has ignited.

Edited August 28, 2015 by SaturnianBlue

[MinimumSky5]

And now we get to see what looks like an extended advertisement. WHERE'S MY ROCKET LAUNCH!

[Kilmeister]

Where does the first stage land at?

[MinimumSky5]

I'm actually not sure, its presumably somewhere in the Kazakhstan Steppes. It wouldn't land on one piece though, but I think that the engines would each land relatively intact.

[Nibb31]

Where does the first stage land at?

It doesn't "land".

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/41pegasus/02files/Space_Debris_04.html

Edited August 28, 2015 by Nibb31

[MinimumSky5]

It doesn't "land".

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/41pegasus/04images/Space/Soyuz_debris.jpg

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/41pegasus/02files/Space_Debris_04.html

That looks more like an R-7 lateral booster, but I see your point.