Soviet Space Program

Raduga 5

Proton-K/DM

SUCCESS

Success

Wednesday, April 25, 1979 · 03:44 UTC

Mission

/01

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Proton-K/DM

Variant: DM

Launch Pad

200/40

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.034° N, 63.027° E

9

Pad Launches

543

Location Launches

1303

Agency Launches

36

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