Proton-K/DM-2 launched Raduga 31, a Soviet/Russian military communications satellite, from Baikonur to geostationary orbit at 45 degrees East, replacing the aging Raduga 24 in the fleet.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 73rd
- of 110 Proton K/DM-2 flights
- Date and time
- 6 July 1994, 23:58 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton K/DM-2
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1994-038
- Launches in 1994
- 41st of 93
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