Status
Success
Cosmos 850
Launch Time
Thu Aug 26, 1976 10:59 UTC
Thu Aug 26, 1976 10:59 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 850
Cosmos 850 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
85th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
124th mission
4th mission of 1976
116th successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission