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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:57:38
Saturday May 16, 2009
In 2007, ProtoStar ordered the ProtoStar 2 satellite from Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), Inc. The satellite uses an already existing Boeing BSS-601HP or "high power" version of the body-stabilized spacecraft. The spacecraft was originally built as Galaxy 8iR, which was cancelled in 2004. For use as ProtoStar 2, the payload was modified to contain 10 S-band transponders, which will act as a replacement for the Indostar 1 satellite. The S-band payload is operated under the name of Indostar 2 (Cakrawarta 2).
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,905 kilograms
Manufacturer
KhrunichevPrice
$65.00 million
Rocket
Height: 58.18m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 6,900 kg
Liftoff Thrust
10,027 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.35m
Height: 15.26m
Stages
4
32nd
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2009
29th
Orbital launch attempt