Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Ekran 9

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Ekran 9
Start: 1980-12-26T11:49:00.000Z
Location: 200/40

Proton-K/DM

Status

Success

Date

26 DEC 1980

11:49

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

200/40

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