KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M PAS 10

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M PAS 10
Start: 2001-05-15T01:11:30.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

15 MAY 2001

01:11

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

PAS 10 (PanAmSat 10) was an American geosynchronous communications spacecraft. The 3.7 tonne (with fuel) satellite carried 48 transponders (24 in C-band and 24 in Ku-band) to provide direct-to-home video channels to Europe, Middle-East, and South Africa after parking over 68.5 deg-E longitude.

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