MISSION NAME
Astra 1F
Status
Success
DATE
8 APR 1996
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Description
Astra 1F was the first western satellite launched on a Proton-K Blok-DM3 rocket, on April 9, 1996.
Proton-K/DM-2M
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.