Satellites

Payload

RADUGA-1 8

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

RADUGA-1 8 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on February 28, 2009 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
February 28, 2009 at 04:10 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Raduga-1 8

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,961 km
Periapsis
35,867 km
Inclination
12.11°
Orbital period
1442.62 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
2,500 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2009-010A
NORAD catalog №
34264
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
3.2623 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational