Status
Success
Cosmos 668
Launch Time
Thu Jul 25, 1974 12:06 UTC
Thu Jul 25, 1974 12:06 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 668
Cosmos 668 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
1974
63rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
113th mission
5th mission of 1974
105th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission