launched fromRussia
AsiaSat 3
Partial
DEC 24199723:19:00 UTCCommercial launch conducted by International Launch Services, upper stage failed one second into second burn resulting in lower perigee than expected, spacecraft corrected its orbit at significant cost to operational life.
LIFTOFF
DEC 24 199723:19:00 UTC
Partial
launched fromPad 81/23Baikonur
aboardProton K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01394-01intoGTO
Payload
AsiaSat 3
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