LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon Apr 08 1996

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Astra 1F

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(11:09 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(11:09 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(11:09 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Communications
Astra 1F was the first western satellite launched on a Proton-K Blok-DM3 rocket, on April 9, 1996.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

81/23 (81L)