Launch Alert | Flight 7
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LAUNCH CENTER

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Success
Sun Mar 21 1999
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Asiasat 3S

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

Proton-K/DM-2M

Description:

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.

Proton-K/DM-2M rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Chinese communications satellite. Built to replace AsiaSat 3 which was lost due to a failure of the Proton-K launch vehicle during the second burn of the fourth stage.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

81/23 (81L)