Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Mon, 08 Apr 1996 23:09:01 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4063 ever
Mission
Astra 1F was the first western satellite launched on a Proton-K Blok-DM3 rocket, on April 9, 1996.