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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch FailureCommunicationsProton-M Briz-M
Launched 2008-03-14 23:18:55 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geosynchronous Orbit
Proton-M Briz-M lifted off with AMC 14, but the launch failed.
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American communications satellite scheduled to operate in GEO, but was left stranded in a too low transfer orbit due to a launch vehicle failure. It was sold to the US Department of Defense and operated from geosynchronous orbit.
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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193
Successful
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Height
53m
Diameter
7.4m
To low Earth orbit
21,000kg
Liftoff thrust
10,000kN
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