Status
Success
Cosmos 608
Launch Time
Tue Nov 20, 1973 12:29 UTC
Tue Nov 20, 1973 12:29 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 608
Cosmos 608 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
98th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
106th mission
8th mission of 1973
99th successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission