Success
US-K 78
Government/Top Secret
Progress Rocket Space Center(PRSC)Commercial
Molniya-M 2BL
Ellipticalorbit
Early warning satellite
Wednesday, May 14, 1997 at 12:33 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,141
PRSC Mission
#28
Pad Launch
#255
Location Launch
#1,488
Designator
1997-022
Launch Window
NET
May 14, 1997, 12:33 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Molniya-M 2BL Specs
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1965
Fastest Turnaround
4h 18m
Total Launches
272
Successful
259
Failed
13
Consecutive Success
4
Maiden flight: Oct 4, 1965
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
May 14, 1997, 4:33 AM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778