Satellites

Payload

RADUGA 5

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

RADUGA 5 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on April 25, 1979 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
April 25, 1979 at 03:44 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/DM
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Raduga 5

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,798 km
Periapsis
35,766 km
Inclination
5.3°
Orbital period
1435.86 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1979-035A
NORAD catalog №
11343
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
0.1428 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

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