JCSat 11

Launch data: Designation  07F03 Launch date  05 Sep 2007 - 22:43 UT Launch site  B, LC-200/39 Launch vehicle  Proton-M / Briz-M (#327) Mission  Comsat Decay  05 Sep 2007

Spacecraft data: Prime contractor  Lockeed Martin Operator   Platform  A2100 Mass at launch  4007 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape  Box + 2panels Dimension (m)   Solar array   Stabilization   DC power

Mission details:

• 27 Aug 2007 - The JCSat 11 satellite was insert into the payload shroud.
• A Krunichev Proton-M rocket failed just after second stage ignition on Sep 5, destroying the Japanese JCSAT-11 communications satellite payload. Proton-M serial 53522 took off from complex 39 at area 200 with JCSAT-11 and the Briz-M No. 88522 upper stage. The first stage separated 2 min after launch. It seems there was some kind of problem with second stage ignition, and the vehicle fell back to Earth from an altitude of around 75 km.