A Proton-K/DM-2 launched the Gorizont 31 civilian communications satellite from Baikonur into geostationary orbit for the Russian satellite network.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.9 T
- Flight
- 88th
- of 110 Proton K/DM-2 flights
- Date and time
- 25 May 1996, 02:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton K/DM-2
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1996-034
- Launches in 1996
- 36th of 77
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