Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Ekran 20

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Ekran 20
Start: 1987-09-03T19:26:00.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/DM

Status

Success

Date

3 SEP 1987

19:26

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Rocket

Proton-K/DM

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

711 T

Thrust

8,847 kN