Status
Success
Cosmos 524
Launch Time
Wed Oct 11, 1972 13:19 UTC
Wed Oct 11, 1972 13:19 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 524
Cosmos 524 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
85th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
96th mission
11th mission of 1972
89th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission