LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Mon Jul 05 1999

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Raduga 34

Launch Failure

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(1:32 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(1:32 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(1:32 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Proton-K/Briz-M

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
Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

81/24 (81P)