Status
Success
Cosmos 801
Launch Time
Thu Feb 05, 1976 14:30 UTC
Thu Feb 05, 1976 14:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 801
Cosmos 801 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
1976
13th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
121st mission
1st mission of 1976
113th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission