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Proton-K/DM-2M | Gals 1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center · Proton-K/DM-2M · 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center's 15th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 3,870th orbital launch attempt

January 20, 1994Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jan 20, 09:49Jan 20, 09:49 UTC

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Gals 1

The Gals television broadcasting satellite, originally expected to be launched by December, 1990, was designed to support a variety of direct broadcast customers, including professional broadcasting firms (having antenna 2.5 m in diameter), community associations (receiving antenna 1.5 m), and individuals (receiving antenna 0.6-0.9 m). The year 1994 marked the long awaited debut of the first of the next-generation Russian geosynchronous communications satellites.

Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

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Pad — 81/23 (81L)

104 launches from this pad · 1,564 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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