NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

AMC-15

Launch Time
Thu Oct 14, 2004 21:23 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M/Briz-M
ILS
Status: Active
Price: $65.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,027 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,900 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.18 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 15.26 m

Mission Details

AMC-15

The AMC-15 communications payload features twenty-four 36 MHz Ku-band transponders and 12 intermediate frequency (IF) processed Ka-band spot beams which will be deployed in a pattern taking advantage of frequency reuse while eliminating interference between and among the beams. The satellite became operational in late 2004.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,021.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2004

42nd orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

6th mission
4th mission of 2004
6th successful mission