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Launch SuccessfulKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Proton: Raduga-1 8
Military geostationary communications satellite
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Mission Data
🇷🇺Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterEst. 1916
Launch VehicleProton K/DM-2
Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500
Vehicle Record103 of 110 launches (93.6%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record178 successes / 15 failures (92%)
Success Streak4 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit
Launch Pad81/24 (81P)
Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ
Orbital Launches This Year#11
Agency Launches This Year#2
Launches From This Pad93
Launches From This Site1,565
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Launch Site
81/24 (81P) · 46.0710°N 62.9850°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.