Overview
Most satellites launched via Proton M are intended for commercial use (72.2%) and for the purpose of communications (84.7%).Majority of these satellites are GEO satellites, with around 61 (84.7%) launched so far.
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Apogee, Perigee & Period
Satellite Mass
Highlights on some of the satellites launched via Proton M:
Heaviest satellite launched by United Kingdom into space at 6,105 kg
Operated by INMARSAT, Ltd. of United Kingdom, INMARSAT 5 F2 is a commercial satellite launched for the purpose of communications.
Constructed by Boeing Corp. (USA), it was launched into space using Proton M as the launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 1 February 2015. INMARSAT 5 F2 orbits around the Earth as a GEO satellite.
Designed with an operational lifetime of 15 years, INMARSAT 5 F2 has a launch mass of 6,105 kg and dry mass of 3,360 kg. It navigates with the COSPAR ID 2015-005A and NORAD ID 40384.
Using its self-produced usable power of 13000 watts, INMARSAT 5 F2 orbits along the longitude of -55 degrees.
The satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,784km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,789km. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 5.93E-05 and it takes 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth.
Compare INMARSAT 5 F2 with INMARSAT 4 F1 from United Kingdom.
Third heaviest satellite launched by Gazprom Space Systems into space at 2,976 kg
Operated by Gazprom Space Systems of Russia, Yamal-401 is a commercial satellite launched for the purpose of communications.
A GEO satellite, it was launched into space using Proton M as the launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 15 December 2014. Yamal-401 was constructed by ISS Reshetnev (Russia).
With a launch mass of 2,976kg, Yamal-401 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 15 years. It orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2014-082A and NORAD ID 40345.
With an orbital eccentricity of 7.23E-04, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,761km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,822km. It takes 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth along the longitude of 90 degrees.
A commercial satellite, Express-103 is operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company of Russia for the purpose of communications.
Constructed by ISS Reshetnev/Thales Alenia Space (Russia), it was launched into space using Proton M as the launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 30 July 2020. Express-103 orbits around the Earth as a GEO satellite.
With a launch mass of 2,150kg, Express-103 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 15 years. It orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2020-053B and NORAD ID 45986.
With an orbital eccentricity of 4.74E-05, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,781km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,785km. It takes 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth along the longitude of 97 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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