KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Sirius FM-1

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Sirius FM-1
Start: 2000-06-30T22:08:47.000Z
Location: 81/24 (81P)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

30 JUN 2000

22:08

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/24 (81P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

American communications satellite.

Rocket

Proton-K/DM-2M

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Elliptical 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