Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

GE 6

Proton-K/DM-2M

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, October 21, 2000 · 22:00 UTC

Mission

/01

GE-6, a hybrid C/Ku-band satellite with 28 Ku Band and 24 C Band active transponders provides direct-to-home (DTH), media and entertainment distribution plus enterprise and internet protocol (IP)solutions in North America.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Proton-K/DM-2M

Variant: DM-2M

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.074° N, 62.978° E

94

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1167

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80

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69

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