Carried the LMI-1 (Lockheed Martin Intersputnik) communications satellite from Baikonur to geostationary transfer orbit. Positioned at 75°E, the satellite carries 44 C- and Ku-band transponders for telephony and direct broadcast television across Europe, Asia and Africa.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T
- Flight
- 18th
- of 41 Proton-K/DM-2M flights
- Date and time
- 26 September 1999, 22:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1999-053
- Launches in 1999
- 55th of 78
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