KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M PAS 8

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M PAS 8
Start: 1998-11-04T05:12:00.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

4 NOV 1998

05:12

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Three of the most powerful broadcast satellites ever launched that are capable of direct-to-home (DTH) service are providing DTH programming to millions of consumers of PanAmSat. They were designed and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L).

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