Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
AMC 14
Proton-M Briz-M
FAILURE
Failure
Friday, March 14, 2008 · 23:18 UTC
Mission
/01American communications satellite scheduled to operate in GEO, but was left stranded in a too low transfer orbit due to a launch vehicle failure. It was sold to the US Department of Defense and operated from geosynchronous orbit.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton-M Briz-M
Variant: Briz-M
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.040° N, 63.032° E
114
Pad Launches
1292
Location Launches
133
Agency Launches
11
Orbital This Year