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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Proton-K/17S40 | Araks-N 2
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
This was the second launch of the Arkon-1 electro-optical reconnaissance. The 17S40 Blok DM5 upper stage and satellite were placed by the Proton into a parking orbit. The DM then made two burns to place the satellite in its 1500 x 1836 km x 64.4 deg operational orbit.
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