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

Name: KhSC Proton-K/DM-2M Sirius FM-2
Start: 2000-09-05T09:43:58.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM-2M

Status

Success

Date

5 SEP 2000

09:43

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Sirius Satellite Radio (previously known as CD Radio) is a satellite constellation to provide digital radio to mobile receivers in north America.

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