MISSION NAME
Raduga-GVM
Status
Success
DATE
26 MAR 1974
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Description
Mass model of the Raduga communications satellite
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.