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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton-K/DM-2M
Launched 2006-06-17 22:44:05 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
24th
orbital launch attempt in 2006
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
2nd
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
109 d 2 h
since the pad's previous launch
KazSat 1, the first kazakh communications satellite, features 8 Ku-band transponders for fixed communications and 4 Ku-band transponders for TV-transmissions and is intended for telecast, fixed satellite communication and data transmission for Kazakhstan and central asia.
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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