Proton-M/Briz-M carried the Yamal-601 communications satellite for Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems to geostationary transfer orbit, replacing the aging Yamal-202 and expanding coverage over Russia and the Atlantic region.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.2 T
- Flight
- 63rd
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 30 May 2019, 17:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2019-031
- Launches in 2019
- 35th of 102
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