Satellites

Payload

RADUGA 10

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

RADUGA 10 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 9, 1981 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
October 9, 1981 at 04:59 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/DM
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Raduga 10

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,792 km
Periapsis
35,767 km
Inclination
6.72°
Orbital period
1435.75 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,947.47 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1981-102A
NORAD catalog №
12897
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
6.1751 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational