Overview
Most satellites launched via Proton are intended for commercial use (68.0%) and for the purpose of communications (84.0%).Majority of these satellites are GEO satellites, with around 23 (92.0%) launched so far.
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Apogee, Perigee & Period
Satellite Mass
Highlights on some of the satellites launched via Proton:
Third heaviest satellite launched by China into space at 6,140 kg
AsiaSat-9 is a commercial satellite operated by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (China) for the purpose of communications.
A GEO satellite, it was launched into space using Proton as the launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 28 September 2017. AsiaSat-9 was constructed by Space Systems/Loral (USA).
Designated with COSPAR ID 2017-057A and NORAD ID 42942, AsiaSat-9 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 15 years. It has a launch mass of 6,140 kg.
Taking 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,783km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,790km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 8.30E-05 and it orbits along the Earth longitude of 122 degrees.
Heaviest satellite launched by Echostar Satellite Services, LLC into space at 6,900 kg
Operated by Echostar Satellite Services, LLC of USA, Echostar 21 is a commercial satellite launched for the purpose of communications.
Constructed by Space Systems/Loral (USA), it was launched into space using Proton as the launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 7 June 2017. Echostar 21 orbits around the Earth as a GEO satellite.
Designated with COSPAR ID 2017-032A and NORAD ID 42749, Echostar 21 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 15 years. It has a launch mass of 6,900 kg.
With an orbital eccentricity of 3.08E-04, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,773km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,799km. It takes 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth.
Echostar 21 orbits along the longitude of 10 degrees at an inclination of 7 degrees.
Operated by EUTELSAT S.A. of Multinational, Eutelsat 5 West B is a commercial satellite launched for the purpose of communications.
Constructed by Northrup Grumman Innovation Systems (USA), it was launched into space using Proton as the launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 9 October 2019. Eutelsat 5 West B orbits around the Earth as a GEO satellite.
Designed with an operational lifetime of 15 years, Eutelsat 5 West B has a launch mass of 2,864 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2019-067A and NORAD ID 44624.
Taking 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,783km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,787km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 4.74E-05 and it orbits along the Earth longitude of -5 degrees.
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By Use Type: Civil-use satellites | Commercial satellites | Government satellites | Military satellites
By Country: USA | UK | France | Germany | Japan | China | Russia | Australia | Canada
By Orbit Class/Type: LEO satellites | MEO satellites | GEO satellites | Elliptical orbit | Polar orbit | Equatorial orbit | Non-polar inclined orbit | Sun-synchronous orbit | Molniya orbit
By Operators: SpaceX | EUTELSAT | SES | European Space Agency (ESA) | Planet Labs | Iridium | Spire Global | OneWeb | Swarm Technologies | NASA - Dataset of Satellites Launched (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) - Dataset of Satellites Launched
By Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Delta 2 | Dnepr | Electron | Falcon Heavy | Long March 2C | Long March 2D | Long March 3B | Pegasus | Proton | Proton M | PSLV | Rokot | Soyuz | Soyuz-2.1b | Vega
By Launch Vehicle: Cape Canaveral | Baikonur Cosmodrome | Guiana Space Center | International Space Station | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | Taiyuan Launch Center | Vandenberg AFB | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Boeing Satellite Systems | Airbus Defense and Space | EADS Astrium | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems | Space Systems/Loral | Surrey Satellite Technology | Technical University Berlin | Thales Alenia Space
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