MISSION NAME
Raduga 7 7
Status
Success
DATE
5 OCT 1980
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Description
Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes
Proton-K/DM
Rocket Description
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.