Sirius FM-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

22:08:47

Friday June 30, 2000

Mission Details

Sirius FM-1 was a radio satellite. It was retired in 2016 and placed into a graveyard orbit.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,800 kilograms

Retired

Active 1994 to 2005

Manufacturer

Rocket

Height: 57.64m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 19,000 kg

GTO: 2,500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

9,548 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 10.4m

Stages

4

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

6 days

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

6 days

271st

Mission

6th

Mission of 2000

37th

Orbital launch attempt