Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
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.
