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Raduga-1 5

Proton

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Raduga-1 5

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Military geostationary communications satellite

Location

81/24 (81P)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

81/24 (81P) has witnessed the launch of 92 rockets, including 92 orbital launch attempts. While Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1553 rocket launches.

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.

Rocket

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Proton K/DM-2

Learn more about the Proton K/DM-2

Agency

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

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B.K.
B.K.
3 years ago

.rf: USGS reports;
.inq: how is it that the challenger failure @1986 logged in as major of earthqks @NZ as interplanetary missions?
.edu: bsee, msee+ uw;