Soviet Space Program

Raduga 1

Proton-K/DM

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, December 22, 1975 · 13:00 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

81/24 (81P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.071° N, 62.985° E

23

Pad Launches

443

Location Launches

977

Agency Launches

130

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