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Proton | Ekspress-A No. 1

Ekspress-A No. 1

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Launch Details

Date: 27 Oct 1999, 04:16 pm UTC

Rocket: Proton (Proton / UR-500)

Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

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.