Status
Success
Cosmos 849
Launch Time
Wed Aug 18, 1976 09:30 UTC
Wed Aug 18, 1976 09:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 849
Cosmos 849 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
84th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
123rd mission
3rd mission of 1976
115th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission