Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Gorizont 9

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Gorizont 9
Start: 1984-04-22T04:21:00.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/DM

Status

Success

Date

22 APR 1984

04:21

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Geostationary communications satellite

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