NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1980-016A
Raduga 6 was launched by the USSR into a circular orbit. It carried scientific instruments for telephone and telegraphic communication and for transmitting television programs, instruments of the command measuring complex, an orientation system, and an orbit correction system.
Launch Date: 1980-02-20
Launch Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Mass: 2500 kg
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