Altair 13L (Luch 1)

Proton-K/DM-2 launched the Luch 1 (Altair) data-relay satellite from Baikonur into geostationary orbit at 95°E. Built on the KAUR-4 bus, it relayed real-time communications and telemetry for the Mir space station.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

3.2 T

Flight

78th

of 110 Proton K/DM-2 flights

Date and time

16 December 1994, 12:00 UTC

Rocket

Proton K/DM-2

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

1994-082

Launches in 1994

86th of 93

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