Araks-N 2 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

25 Jul 2002, 3:13pm

Pad

81/24 (81P)

Mission

Araks-N 2

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

This was the second launch of the Arkon-1 electro-optical reconnaissance. The 17S40 Blok DM5 upper stage and satellite were placed by the Proton into a parking orbit. The DM then made two burns to place the satellite in its 1500 x 1836 km x 64.4 deg operational orbit.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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