Success
US-K 69
Government/Top Secret
Progress Rocket Space Center(PRSC)Commercial
Molniya 8K78M-PVB
Ellipticalorbit
Early warning satellite
Wednesday, July 8, 1992 at 9:53 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#3,729
PRSC Mission
#3
Pad Launch
#187
Location Launch
#1,394
Designator
1992-040
Launch Window
NET
Jul 8, 1992, 9:53 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Molniya 8K78M-PVB Specs
A Russian orbital launch vehicle. Version of Molniya 8k78M with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the avionics compartment.
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1990
Fastest Turnaround
6d 13h
Total Launches
8
Successful
8
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
8
Maiden flight: Apr 28, 1990
Progress Rocket Space Center
Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
Founded
1996
Administrator
CEO: Dmitry Baranov
Total Launches
45
Successful
44
Failed
1
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
3
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Jul 8, 1992, 1:53 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778