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
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4191 ever
Mission
Kupon (K95K) was a communication satellite originally developed by Lavochkin for the third generation GKKRS (Global Space Command and Communications System). The project was cancelled with the breakup of the Soviet Union, and instead Kupon became the first communications satellite for the Russian banking system. The satellite was owned by the Russian Federation Central Bank (and possibly Global Information Systems of Moscow) and relayed financial data for the Bankir network.