KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress A1R

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress A1R
Start: 2002-06-10T01:14:00.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

10 JUN 2002

01:14

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

The Ekspress-A1R is equipped with 12 transponders, transmitting signals in C-band, 5 in Ku-band and one in L-band and it was expected to have a life span of seven years.

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