Satellites

Payload

RADUGA 23

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

RADUGA 23 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on April 14, 1989 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
April 14, 1989 at 04:08 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Raduga 23

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,886 km
Periapsis
35,722 km
Inclination
11.81°
Orbital period
1436.99 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,947.47 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-030A
NORAD catalog №
19928
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
3.1622 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

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