NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Ekspress-A1

Launch Time
Wed Oct 27, 1999 16:15 UTC

Second stage failure.

Rocket

Proton K/Block-DM-2
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,548 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,400 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Mission Details

Ekspress-A1

Express-A satellites are designed for operation in the fixed satellite service. Their transponder payloads make it possible to retransmit all types of traffic, including television and radio programming, telephony, data, videoconferencing as well as high-speed Internet.

The Express-A satellites are equipped with 17 high-power C- and Ku-band transponders. Russia's Krasnoyarsk-based NPO PM is the prime contractor for the Express-A-series satellites. The satellite bus is developed by NPO PM, while Alcatel Espace of France supplies the payload.

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

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1999

62nd orbital launch attempt

Proton-K

265th mission
9th mission of 1999
32nd failed mission