Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunication satellite on Wednesday, according to the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos. Roscosmos\'s live broadcasting on its official website showed the rocket with the ViaSat-1 satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 22:48 Moscow time (18:48 GMT). The satellite is scheduled to separate with the rocket at 08:01 Moscow time (04:01 GMT) on Thursday. Roscosmos said that it was the sixth launch of Russia\'s Proton rocket in 2011. The ViaSat-1 is reportedly the heaviest satellite lunched by Russian rockets.