KhSC Proton-M Briz-M AMC 14
Proton-M Briz-M
Status
Failure
Date
14 MAR 2008
23:18
Launch Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Overview
American communications satellite scheduled to operate in GEO, but was left stranded in a too low transfer orbit due to a launch vehicle failure. It was sold to the US Department of Defense and operated from geosynchronous orbit.
Rocket
Proton-M Briz-M
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not available