Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:20:00
Friday December 23, 1988
Cosmos 1985 is a satellite of the Koltso constellation. The Koltso satellites were an enlarged version of the Taifun-2 radar calibration satellites. Kosltso was a third-generation system with a more accurate pointing system and a larger amount of up to 36 Romb subsatellites. It was designed to test elements of the Moscow air defence system.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,500 kilograms
73rd
Mission
10th
Mission of 1988
2256th
Mission
92nd
Mission of 1988
118th
Orbital launch attempt