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Rimsat G1
Proton · Communications
199381/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
The geostationary Gorizont satellites are part of the Russian YeSSS Unified Satellite Communication System. These satellites provided civilian and military telephone, telegraph, and facsimile communications services, in addition to relaying TV and radio broadcasts. Gorizont also supported maritime and international communications from 1988 as an element of the Okean system operating at 1.5 to 1.6 GHz. The Gorizont system occupies 10 position on the geostationary orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- KhSC
- Rocket
- Proton
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- 81/23 (81L)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2