flown missionSuccess
Proton-K/17S40 | Araks-N 1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center200/39 (200L) — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Araks-N 1
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The Araks-N was a electro-optical area reconnaissance satellite, which had reportedly a resolution of 2 - 10 m (panchromatic and infra red). Its high orbit gave it a longer loitering time over the target.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Proton-K/17S40
- Family
- Proton / UR-500
- Variant
- 17S40
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 46.0400, 63.0321