KhSC Proton-K/17S40 Araks-N 2

Name: KhSC Proton-K/17S40 Araks-N 2
Start: 2002-07-25T15:13:21.000Z
Location: 81/24 (81P)

Proton-K/17S40

Status

Success

Date

25 JUL 2002

15:13

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/24 (81P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

This was the second launch of the Arkon-1 electro-optical reconnaissance. The 17S40 Blok DM5 upper stage and satellite were placed by the Proton into a parking orbit. The DM then made two burns to place the satellite in its 1500 x 1836 km x 64.4 deg operational orbit.

Rocket

Proton-K/17S40

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Height

59 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

708 T

Thrust

8,847 kN