Soviet Space Program

Ekran

Proton-K/DM

SUCCESS

Success

Wednesday, February 21, 1979 · 07:49 UTC

Mission

/01

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: DM

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.034° N, 63.027° E

Pad Launches

538

Location Launches

1285

Agency Launches

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