Carried the SES-5 communications satellite (also known as Sirius 5) to geostationary transfer orbit from Baikonur. The 6,008 kg satellite carried Ku- and C-band transponders for broadcast and data services over Europe and Africa.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7 T
- Flight
- 28th
- of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights
- Date and time
- 9 July 2012, 18:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2012-036
- Launches in 2012
- 38th of 78
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