The satellite Ekspress AM7, constructed by Astrium, was launched on March 18, 2015 using a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket.
Ekspress AM7 (Russian: -7 meaning Express AM7) is a Russian communications satellite operated by the State Company for Satellite Communications. Astrium, which had become part of Airbus Defence and Space by the time of the satellite's launch, constructed Ekspress AM7, which was based on the Eurostar 3000 satellite bus. The launch took place from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, at 22:05 UTC on 18 March 2015. Khrunichev was contracted to launch Ekspress AM7, using a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket - the same configuration that had failed to deploy the similar Ekspress AM4 and Ekspress AM4R. 
