KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress 3A

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress 3A
Start: 2000-06-24T00:28:00.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

24 JUN 2000

00:28

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Express-A satellites are designed for operation in the fixed satellite service. Their transponder payloads make it possible to retransmit all types of traffic, including television and radio programming, telephony, data, videoconferencing as well as high-speed Internet.

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