Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Raduga-GVM

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/DM Raduga-GVM
Start: 1974-03-26T13:35:00.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton-K/DM

Status

Success

Date

26 MAR 1974

13:35

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Mass model of the Raduga communications satellite

Rocket

Proton-K/DM

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

59 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

711 T

Thrust

8,847 kN