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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton-K/DM-2M
Launched 2004-10-29 22:11 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
44th
orbital launch attempt in 2004
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
7th
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
5th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
15 d
since the pad's previous launch
The Ekspress-AM 1 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads is built by NEC.
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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