LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Dec 02 1997

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Astra 1G

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(11:10 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(11:10 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(11:10 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
SES ordered its Hughes 601 satellites, in 1994 for Astra 1G; in 1995 for Astra 1H; and in 1996 for Astra 2A. In August 1999, SES ordered Astra 2C, another Hughes 601HP

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

81/23 (81L)