The Proton rocket returns to flight with the Garuda 1 cellular telephone relay satellite. T-minus 1 minute. The engine start command will be issued by the launch sequencer at T-minus 2.5 seconds. The six first stage engines will be ignited at T-minus 1.6 seconds. T-minus 3 minutes and counting.
All systems remain go.
The Garuda 1 spacecraft has been verified ready for launch. Only ten minutes remain in the countdown to launch. There are no problems being worked and weather is near-perfect for launch, officials report. At that point, the third stage will separate from the Block DM upper stage and attached Garuda 1 spacecraft. The Block DM will perform a suborbital firing today to deliver the stage and satellite into a 124-nautical mile high parking orbit around Earth.