Launch vehicle
Proton-M Briz-M
- Height
- 53 m
- Diameter
- 7.4 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 68
- First flight
- 2001-04-07
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch Successful
Hot Bird 8
Proton-M Briz-M
Historical mission record
This page records Proton-M Briz-M | Hot Bird 8 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
Hotbird 8's mission is to replace existing Hotbird capacity and to join Hot Bird 7A in bringing in-orbit sparing to a level where 13° East can maintain its reputation as one of the most secure multi-satellite video neighbourhoods. The satellite has been designed to cover all 102 Ku-band transponders/frequencies at 13° East which means that it can substitute any transponder on the other Hotbird satellites.
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Orbit
- Launch pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
The vehicle
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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