KhSC Proton-K/Briz-M AMC 9

Name: KhSC Proton-K/Briz-M AMC 9
Start: 2003-06-06T22:15:15.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/Briz-M

Status

Success

Date

6 JUN 2003

22:15

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Communication satellite launched for SES Americom.

Rocket

Proton-K/Briz-M

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary 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

57 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

710 T

Thrust

8,847 kN