Soviet Space Program

Ekran

Proton-K/DM

FAILURE

Failure

Tuesday, October 17, 1978 · 16:04 UTC

Mission

/01

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

/02

Rocket

Variant: DM

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.034° N, 63.027° E

Pad Launches

532

Location Launches

1252

Agency Launches

101

Orbital This Year