Launch FailureKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Proton: Ekspress-A No. 1

Name: Proton: Ekspress-A No. 1
Start: 1999-10-27T16:16:00Z
End: 1999-10-27T16:16:00Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

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.

Wednesday, 27 October 1999

Mission Data

🇷🇺Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterEst. 1916

Launch VehicleProton K/DM-2

Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500

Vehicle Record103 of 110 launches (93.6%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record178 successes / 15 failures (92%)

Success Streak4 consecutive

Mission TypeCommunications

Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit

Launch Pad200/39 (200L)

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#62

Agency Launches This Year#9

Launches From This Pad167

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

Launch Site

200/39 (200L) · 46.0400°N 63.0321°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.