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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton
Launched 1995-11-17 14:25 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
69th
orbital launch attempt in 1995
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
6th
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
78 d 18 h
since the pad's previous launch
The Gals television broadcasting satellite, originally expected to be launched by December, 1990, was designed to support a variety of direct broadcast customers, including professional broadcasting firms (having antenna 2.5 m in diameter), community associations (receiving antenna 1.5 m), and individuals (receiving antenna 0.6-0.9 m). The year 1994 marked the long awaited debut of the first of the next-generation Russian geosynchronous communications satellites.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1916 · Director Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
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