Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Molniya-1S

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Molniya-1S
Start: 1974-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
Location: 81/24 (81P)

Proton-K/DM

Status

Success

Date

29 JUL 1974

12:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

81/24 (81P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

First operational geostationary communications satellite of the Soviet Union

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