KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Asiasat 3S

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Asiasat 3S
Start: 1999-03-21T00:09:30.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

21 MAR 1999

00:09

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Chinese communications satellite. Built to replace AsiaSat 3 which was lost due to a failure of the Proton-K launch vehicle during the second burn of the fourth stage.

Rocket

Proton-K/DM-2M

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

59 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

712 T

Thrust

8,847 kN