Yahsat 1B

ILS Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced launched YahSat-1B, a 6,100 kg telecommunications satellite for UAE operator Al Yah Satellite Communications, using a supersynchronous transfer orbit for the first time to conserve the satellite's fuel.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

7.1 T (est.)

Flight

27th

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

23 April 2012, 22:18 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-016

Launches in 2012

17th of 78

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