Status
Success
Cosmos 526
Launch Time
Wed Oct 25, 1972 10:39 UTC
Wed Oct 25, 1972 10:39 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 526
Cosmos 526 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
90th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
97th mission
12th mission of 1972
90th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission