NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Kupon 1

Launch Time
Wed Nov 12, 1997 17:00 UTC

Rocket

Proton-K/Block DM-2M
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,548 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,500 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Mission Details

Kupon 1

Kupon (K95K) was a communication satellite originally developed by Lavochkin for the third generation GKKRS (Global Space Command and Communications System). The project was cancelled with the breakup of the Soviet Union, and instead Kupon became the first communications satellite for the Russian banking system. The satellite was owned by the Russian Federation Central Bank (and possibly Global Information Systems of Moscow) and relayed financial data for the Bankir network.

Each Kupon employed sophisticated phased-array antennas for transmission footprints tailored to user specifications. The basic spacecraft carried 16 Ku-band transponders, enough to handle 10,000 transactions simultaneously. The Kupon spacecraft bus was derived from the US-KMO early warning satellites. The Bankir network was organized by the Russian firm Global Information Systems, Inc. The Elas NPO provided the transponders and the ground stations.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,500.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1997

73rd orbital launch attempt

Proton-K

247th mission
7th mission of 1997
216th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission