Status
Success
Cosmos 440
Launch Time
Fri Sep 24, 1971 10:30 UTC
Fri Sep 24, 1971 10:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 440
Cosmos 440 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: 300.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1971
88th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
80th mission
9th mission of 1971
74th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission