Status
Success
Cosmos 173
Launch Time
Thu Aug 24, 1967 04:59 UTC
Thu Aug 24, 1967 04:59 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 173
Cosmos 173 is a satellite of the DS-P constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 325.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1967
89th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
16th mission
9th mission of 1967
16th successful mission