KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress AM-22

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Ekspress AM-22
Start: 2003-12-28T23:00:00.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

28 DEC 2003

23:00

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Ekspress AM22 (Russian: Экспресс АМ22, meaning Express AM22) is a communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow

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