Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 14

Name: Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 14
Start: 2008-03-14T23:18:55Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

American communications satellite scheduled to operate in GEO, but was left stranded in a too low transfer orbit due to a launch vehicle failure. It was sold to the US Department of Defense and operated from geosynchronous orbit.

Mission Details

Launch date: March 14, 2008 at 11:18 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Proton-M Briz-M
Operator: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission type: Communications