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

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Astra 2C
Start: 2001-06-16T01:49:00.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

16 JUN 2001

01:49

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Astra 2C was a European (SES - Societe Europeene des Satellites, Luxembourg) geosynchronous communications Boeing 601HP spacecraft.

Rocket

Proton-K/DM-2M

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geosynchronous 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