NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

DS-U1-Ya #1

Launch Time
Wed Mar 06, 1968 11:02 UTC

The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.

Rocket

Cosmos-2 (63SM)
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 636 kN
Payload to LEO: 400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.59 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.65 m
Fairing Height: 2.99 m

Mission Details

DS-U1-Ya #1

DS-U1-Ya #1 is a satellite of the DS-U 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: 300.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

1968

19th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

22nd mission
3rd mission of 1968
1st failed mission