Ekran #15L - rocket launch details

Launch time17 Aug 197820:02 UTC

failure

Orbit: GSO

Serial number: 297-02

Second stage control failure caused by hot gas leak. Automatic shutdown commanded T+252 seconds.

Rocket ProtonK/DM 8K82K/11S86

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 200/40Kazakhstan

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Ekran #15L	Communications	-	-