Status
Success
Cosmos 901
Launch Time
Tue Apr 05, 1977 10:30 UTC
Tue Apr 05, 1977 10:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 901
Cosmos 901 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
1977
26th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
125th mission
1st mission of 1977
117th successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission