Spaceflight Now: Proton launch report


BY JUSTIN RAY

Follow the countdown and launch of the Proton rocket launching PanAmSat's PAS-10 communications satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.
Flight data file
Vehicle: Proton/Block DM
Payload: PAS-10
Launch date: May 15, 2001
Launch time: 0111 GMT (9:11 p.m. EDT on May 14)
Launch site: LC 81, Pad 23, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Satellite broadcast: Galaxy 4R, Trans. 20, C-band

Pre-launch briefing
Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch.

Proton - Description of the Russian-made rocket used in this launch.

PAS-10 - Learn more about the Proton's satellite cargo.