KhSC Proton K/DM-2 Altair 13L (Luch 1)
Proton K/DM-2
Status
Success
Date
16 DEC 1994
12:00
Launch Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Overview
The Luch or Altair satellites were the first generation of Soviet and later Russian data relay satellites. These satellites provided communications service to the Mir space station, Buran space shuttle, Soyuz-TM spacecraft, military satellites and the TsUPK ground control center.
Rocket
Proton K/DM-2
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Livestream
Not available