Success
Ekspress AM-1
Communications
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center(KhSC)Government
Proton-K/DM-2M
Direct-GEOorbit
The Ekspress-AM 1 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads is built by NEC.
Friday, October 29, 2004 at 10:11 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,683
KhSC Mission
#109
Pad Launch
#96
Location Launch
#1,230
Designator
2004-043
Launch Window
NET
Oct 29, 2004, 10:11 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
Timezone
Asia/Qyzylorda
Local Launch Time
Oct 30, 2004, 4:11 AM
Total Launches
1,563
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050
Proton-K/DM-2M Specs
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Length
59 m
Diameter
4.15 m
Launch Mass
712 t
Thrust
8,847 kN
GEO Capacity
1,880 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1994
Fastest Turnaround
6d 21h
Total Launches
41
Successful
39
Failed
2
Consecutive Success
7
Maiden flight: Jan 20, 1994
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
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.
Founded
1916
Administrator
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Total Launches
193
Successful
178
Failed
15
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
4