Soviet Space Program
Raduga 9
Proton-K/DM
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, July 30, 1981 · 21:38 UTC
Mission
/01Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton-K/DM
Variant: DM
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.040° N, 63.032° E
5
Pad Launches
603
Location Launches
1509
Agency Launches
71
Orbital This Year