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Communications
Mission Elapsed Time
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Mission Details
Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- 🇰🇿 KAZ
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 15.8°C
- Wind
- 13 km/h @ 261°
- Sky
- Clear
- Source
- open-meteo-archive