A Proton-K/DM-2 launched the Soviet Gorizont 16 communications satellite (Statsionar 4) into geostationary orbit at 14 degrees West, joining the Gorizont fleet relaying telephone, TV and data traffic across the USSR and Intersputnik partners.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.9 T
- Flight
- 30th
- of 110 Proton K/DM-2 flights
- Date and time
- 26 January 1989, 09:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton K/DM-2
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1989-004
- Launches in 1989
- 4th of 102
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