KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress AM-11

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress AM-11
Start: 2004-04-26T20:37:00.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

26 APR 2004

20:37

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

The Ekspress-AM 11 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years.

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