Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Ekspress-A No. 1
Proton K/DM-2
FAILURE
Failure
Wednesday, October 27, 1999 · 16:16 UTC
Mission
/01Express-A satellites are designed for operation in the fixed satellite service. Their transponder payloads make it possible to retransmit all types of traffic, including television and radio programming, telephony, data, videoconferencing as well as high-speed Internet.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton K/DM-2
Variant: K/DM-2
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.040° N, 63.032° E
83
Pad Launches
1138
Location Launches
67
Agency Launches
62
Orbital This Year