LaunchesGals 2
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Gals 2
Proton · Communications
1995200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
The Gals television broadcasting satellite, originally expected to be launched by December, 1990, was designed to support a variety of direct broadcast customers, including professional broadcasting firms (having antenna 2.5 m in diameter), community associations (receiving antenna 1.5 m), and individuals (receiving antenna 0.6-0.9 m). The year 1994 marked the long awaited debut of the first of the next-generation Russian geosynchronous communications satellites.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- KhSC
- Rocket
- Proton
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2