NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

DS-P1-You #51

Launch Time
Tue Apr 25, 1972 11:29 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-P1-You #51

DS-P1-You #51 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: 325.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1972

35th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

90th mission
5th mission of 1972
7th failed mission