KA-SAT

Launched the KA-Sat broadband satellite for Eutelsat aboard an ILS Proton-M/Breeze M from Baikonur, the first commercial Proton mission to fly after the December 5 Glonass launch failure was traced to a fueling error, not the rocket itself.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

6.8 T

Flight

18th

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

26 December 2010, 21:51 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

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

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2010-069

Launches in 2010

73rd of 74

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