NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1996-010A
Raduga 33 was a Russian communications spacecraft launched by a Proton-K rocket from the Baykonur Cosmodrome. It was intended to be geostationary but it turned out to be a failed launch due to the explosion of the fourth stage just prior to the final maneuver.
Launch Date: 1996-02-19
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 1965 kg
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