23448 - RADUGA 32

Raduga 32 was a Soviet communications satellite launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Proton 8K82K/Block DM rocket. It provided uninterrupted round the clock telephone and telegraph radio communications in the USSR and simultaneous transmission of color and black and white USSR central television programs to stations in the Orbita network. It was placed in a geostationary orbit at 70 degrees E.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1994-12-28
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 1965.0 kg