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1999 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Ekspress-A No. 1

failureProton | Ekspress-A No. 1

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.

Overview

Date / time
October 27, 1999 at 04:16 PM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
200/39 (200L)
Mission
Ekspress-A No. 1
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Proton K/DM-2 →
Launch provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center →