Launch Alert | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander
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Mon Apr 08 1996
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Astra 1F

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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
  • 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)