Sesat 1, a Eutelsat communications satellite built by Alcatel Space, launched on this Proton-K/DM-2M from Baikonur. Later renamed Eutelsat 16C, it provided broadcast and telecom services to Russia and Europe.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.5 T
- Flight
- 21st
- of 41 Proton-K/DM-2M flights
- Date and time
- 17 April 2000, 21:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2000-019
- Launches in 2000
- 21st of 85
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