NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 972

Launch Time
Tue Dec 27, 1977 08:00 UTC

Rocket

Tsyklon-3
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,032 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 39.27 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.7 m
Fairing Height: 9.54 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 972

The EPN 03.0380 was a dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite to evaluate the Tsiklon-3 launch vehicle.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,750.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1977

129th orbital launch attempt

Tsyklon-3

3rd mission
3rd mission of 1977
3rd successful mission