NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

MexSat-1

Launch Time
Sat May 16, 2015 05:47 UTC

The first two stages worked correctly, but, at H0+497s, a dysfunction of the RD-0214 engine of the third stage interrupted the flight. The third stage, the Briz-M stage and the MexSat-1 satellite partially burned during their re-entry into the atmosphere, but debris crashed in the krai of Transbaikalia, 25km northwest of the village of Yamarovka.

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

MexSat-1

Boeing announced in December 2010 that it has received a contract for approximately $1 billion from the government of Mexico to deliver an end-to-end satellite communications system. The system, known as MEXSAT, will consist of three satellites, two ground sites, associated network operations systems, and reference user terminals. MEXSAT will provide secure communications for Mexico’s national security needs, as well as enhanced coverage for the country’s civil telecommunications.

Under the contract, Boeing will deliver a complete turnkey satellite system comprised of Boeing 702HP geomobile satellites MEXSAT-1 and MEXSAT-2 and one extended C- and Ku-band satellite, MEXSAT-3, which will provide fixed satellite services from geosynchronous orbit. MEXSAT-3 is scheduled to launch first, at the end of 2012.

Each Boeing 702HP satellite will supply 14 kilowatts of power through five-panel solar array wings that use high-efficiency, ultra triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cells. Both satellites will carry a 22-meter L-band reflector for mobile satellite services, complemented by a 2-meter Ku-band antenna.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,325.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2015

26th orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

90th mission
3rd mission of 2015
8th failed mission