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
Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3954 ever
Mission
The Luch or Altair satellites were the first generation of Soviet and later Russian data relay satellites. These satellites provided communications service to the Mir space station, Buran space shuttle, Soyuz-TM spacecraft, military satellites and the TsUPK ground control center.