LAUNCH MISSION

Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Gorizont 4

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Gorizont 4
Start: 1980-06-14T00:49:50.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Status

Success

DATE

14 JUN 1980

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Description

Geostationary communications satellite

Proton-K/DM

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.

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