Status
Success
Cosmos 580
Launch Time
Wed Aug 22, 1973 11:24 UTC
Wed Aug 22, 1973 11:24 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 580
Cosmos 580 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
63rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
104th mission
6th mission of 1973
97th successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission