LAUNCH MISSION
KhSC Proton-K/17S40 Araks-N 2
Status
Success
DATE
25 JUL 2002
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
81/24 (81P)
Description
This was the second launch of the Arkon-1 electro-optical reconnaissance. The 17S40 Blok DM5 upper stage and satellite were placed by the Proton into a parking orbit. The DM then made two burns to place the satellite in its 1500 x 1836 km x 64.4 deg operational orbit.
Proton-K/17S40
Rocket Description
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.