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Proton-K/DM-2M

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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission

T5 (formerly DirecTV-5) is a dormant communications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in May, 2002 to provide mainly Spanish language satellite television programs to DirecTV customers from the 119 degrees West longitudinal orbit. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its LS-1300 line. In May 2004, DIRECTV successfully launched DIRECTV 7S (later T7S), their second high powered spot beam. T7S is located at the 119 degree orbital slot. The satellite was renamed to T5 in 2017.

Launch vehicle
Proton-K/DM-2M
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Launch pad
81/24 (81P)
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

The vehicle

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Proton-K/DM-2M
Launch vehicle

Proton-K/DM-2M

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Height
59 m
Diameter
4.15 m
Stages
4
Recorded launches
41
First flight
1994-01-20

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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