LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Fri Mar 14 2008
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
AMC 14
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(11:18 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(11:18 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(11:18 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Proton-M Briz-MDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- American communications satellite scheduled to operate in GEO, but was left stranded in a too low transfer orbit due to a launch vehicle failure. It was sold to the US Department of Defense and operated from geosynchronous orbit.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
200/39 (200L)