Status
Success
Cosmos 408
Launch Time
Sat Apr 24, 1971 11:15 UTC
Sat Apr 24, 1971 11:15 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 408
Cosmos 408 is a satellite of the DS-P1 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: 250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1971
40th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
75th mission
4th mission of 1971
70th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission