flown missionSuccess
Proton | Rimsat G1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center81/23 (81L) — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Rimsat G1
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
The geostationary Gorizont satellites are part of the Russian YeSSS Unified Satellite Communication System. These satellites provided civilian and military telephone, telegraph, and facsimile communications services, in addition to relaying TV and radio broadcasts. Gorizont also supported maritime and international communications from 1988 as an element of the Okean system operating at 1.5 to 1.6 GHz. The Gorizont system occupies 10 position on the geostationary orbit.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Proton K/DM-2
- Family
- Proton / UR-500
- Variant
- K/DM-2
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 81/23 (81L)
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 46.0740, 62.9780