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Astra 1K

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time25 Nov 200223:04:23 UTC

failure

Orbit: GTO

Serial number: 408-02

Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services. The engine of the Block-DM upper stage shut down prematurely during the second planned burn, leaving the payload stranded in low Earth orbit.

Rocket ProtonK/Block-DM-2M 8K82K/11S861-01

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 81/23Kazakhstan

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Astra 1KCommunications--