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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceProton-M Briz-M
Launched 2014-03-15 23:08 UTC81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
10th
orbital launch attempt in 2014
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
1st
launch this year
81/24 (81P)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
29 d 1 h
since the pad's previous launch
Express-AT1 satellite is manufactured on RSCC’ order by the JSC “Academician M.F. Reshetnev “Information Satellite Systems“ in cooperation with Thales Alenia Space (France) within the framework of the Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015. The satellite will provide DTH TV & Radio broadcasting.
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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