Raduga 5 (Gran 15L), a Soviet dual-use geostationary communications satellite (KAUR-3 bus), launched on a Proton-K/DM from Baikonur LC-200/40 for military and Orbita network telephone, telegraph, and TV links.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.8 T
- Flight
- 15th
- of 66 Proton-K/DM flights
- Date and time
- 25 April 1979, 03:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1979-035
- Launches in 1979
- 36th of 110
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