The Russian-US space launch firm International Launch Services is planning seven commercial launches in 2005 from the Russian space base Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the news agency ITAR-TASS said Tuesday.
Russian Proton-M booster rockets will be used in the launches.
In the first launch of the year, an improved version of the Proton-M will put into orbit a US telecommunications satellite for Americom on February 3.
The AMC-12 satellite will provide digital television, telephone and Internet transmissions to the Americas and the Caribbean.
International Launch Services said it had 10 launch contracts through 2007.
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