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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton-M Briz-M
Launched 2004-08-04 22:32 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
31st
orbital launch attempt in 2004
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
5th
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
49 d
since the pad's previous launch
The Amazonas 1 Latin American satellite, launched in the summer of 2004, is the fifth and most powerful satellite launched by the Spanish telecommunications satellite organization Hispasat so far. It provides a full range of both fixed and broadcast communications services, including TV broadcasting, business services, VSAT and data broadcasting, to the whole of the American continent, together with a transatlantic link for Europe and North Africa, over a 15-year mission lifetime.
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
53m
Diameter
7.4m
To low Earth orbit
21,000kg
Liftoff thrust
10,000kN
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