NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1993-062A
Raduga 30 was a Soviet communications satellite launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Proton 8K82K/Block DM rocket. It provided uninterupted 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 83 deg E.
Launch Date: 1993-09-30
Launch Vehicle: Proton
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 1965 kg
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