Astra 1F Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

8 Apr 1996, 11:09pm

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

81/23 (81L)

Launch Service Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Vehicle

Proton-K/DM-2M image

Proton-K/DM-2M

Mission

Astra 1F

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Orbit

Astra 1F was the first western satellite launched on a Proton-K Blok-DM3 rocket, on April 9, 1996.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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