Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Astra 1G

Proton-K/DM-2M

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, December 2, 1997 · 23:10 UTC

Mission

/01

SES ordered its Hughes 601 satellites, in 1994 for Astra 1G; in 1995 for Astra 1H; and in 1996 for Astra 2A. In August 1999, SES ordered Astra 2C, another Hughes 601HP

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

76

Pad Launches

1099

Location Launches

50

Agency Launches

79

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