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Status

Success

Cosmos 580

Launch Time
Wed Aug 22, 1973 11:24 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-2 (63SM)
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 636 kN
Payload to LEO: 400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.59 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.65 m
Fairing Height: 2.99 m

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