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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton-K/DM-2M
Launched 1999-03-21 00:09:30 UTC81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
13th
orbital launch attempt in 1999
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
3rd
launch this year
81/23 (81L)
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
20 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
Chinese communications satellite. Built to replace AsiaSat 3 which was lost due to a failure of the Proton-K launch vehicle during the second burn of the fourth stage.
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.
Launches
193
Successful
178
92%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
59m
Diameter
4.2m
Liftoff thrust
8,847kN
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