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RADUGA 28
Nonoperational
Payload
GEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
December 19, 1991 at 11:41 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton K/DM-2 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Raduga 28
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,784 km
Periapsis
35,748 km
Inclination
13.37°
Orbital period
1435.04 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-087A
NORAD catalog №
21821
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.0238 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational