Status
Success
Cosmos 545
Launch Time
Wed Jan 24, 1973 11:44 UTC
Wed Jan 24, 1973 11:44 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 545
Cosmos 545 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: 400.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1973
4th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
99th mission
1st mission of 1973
92nd successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission