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

/01

Express-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

/02

Rocket

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

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