Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an  expendable launch vehicle called the Rockot to place satellites into Low-Earth orbit (LEO). Eurockot is jointly owned by EADS Astrium, which holds 51 percent, and by  Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds 49 percent. Eurockot launches from dedicated launch facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.