KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Astra 2A

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Astra 2A
Start: 1998-08-30T00:31:00.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

30 AUG 1998

00:31

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Geostationary communications satellite

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