Status
Success
Cosmos 686
Launch Time
Thu Sep 26, 1974 16:34 UTC
Thu Sep 26, 1974 16:34 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 686
Cosmos 686 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
80th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
114th mission
6th mission of 1974
106th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission