Raduga 8 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

18 Mar 1981, 4:40am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

200/40

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Proton-K/DM image

Proton-K/DM

Mission

Raduga 8

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Orbit

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Updated: Jan 3, 7:56pm UTC

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