GE 6 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

21 Oct 2000, 10:00pm

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

GE 6

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Orbit

GE-6, a hybrid C/Ku-band satellite with 28 Ku Band and 24 C Band active transponders provides direct-to-home (DTH), media and entertainment distribution plus enterprise and internet protocol (IP)solutions in North America.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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