Status
Success
Cosmos 523
Launch Time
Thu Oct 05, 1972 11:30 UTC
Thu Oct 05, 1972 11:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 523
Cosmos 523 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
83rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
95th mission
10th mission of 1972
88th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission