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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulNavigationProton-M Briz-M
Launched 2005-09-08 21:53:40 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 2005
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
5th
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
76 d 2 h
since the pad's previous launch
It carried a 24 C-band and 32 Ku-band transponders. Anik F1R has a design life of 15 years. In addition, a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS-GEO 4) navigation package operating in C-band for uplink and L-band for downlink provides precision Global Positioning System-based guidance information to aircraft.
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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