MISSION NAME
AMC 9 9
Status
Success
DATE
6 JUN 2003
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Description
Communication satellite launched for SES Americom.
Proton-K/Briz-M
Rocket Description
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.