Launched the Amazonas communications satellite from Baikonur. Built on a Eurostar 3000S bus with a mass of about 4,545 kg, it was placed into geostationary transfer orbit to provide broadcast and telecom services across the Americas and Europe.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.5 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 4 August 2004, 22:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2004-031
- Launches in 2004
- 31st of 54
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