The first Proton-M rocket, paired with a Briz-M upper stage, launched carrying the Ekran-M18 UHF television broadcasting satellite for Russia, intended to serve the Far East from geostationary orbit near 99°E.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 2001, 03:47 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2001-014
- Launches in 2001
- 13th of 59
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