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Proton: Rimsat G2

The geostationary Gorizont satellites are part of the Russian YeSSS Unified Satellite Communication System. These satellites provided civilian and military telephone, telegraph, and facsimile communications services, in addition to relaying TV and radio broadcasts. Gorizont also supported maritime and international communications from 1988 as an element of the Okean system operating at 1.5 to 1.6 GHz. The Gorizont system occupies 10 position on the geostationary orbit.

Friday, 20 May 1994
Proton: Rimsat G2

Mission Data

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
🇷🇺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 Pad81/23 (81L)
Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ
Orbital Launches This Year#31
Agency Launches This Year#5
Launches From This Pad104
Launches From This Site1,565
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Site

81/23 (81L) · 46.0740°N 62.9780°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.