Proton-M/Briz-M launched the AsiaSat 9 communications satellite from Baikonur to GTO. Built by SSL on the 1300E platform with C-, Ku- and Ka-band payloads, AsiaSat 9 replaced AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees East to provide DTH, video distribution and broadband across the Asia-Pacific region.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 60th
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 28 September 2017, 18:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-057
- Launches in 2017
- 60th of 90
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