Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:19:00
Friday December 15, 1978
Cosmos 1062 is a satellite of the Tselina-OM constellation. Tselina-OM is a Russian, formerly Soviet, military space-based radio surveillance system. It is capable of determining the exact location of radio-emitting objects and also their type, modes of operation, and how active they are. For instance, preparation for a military operation may raise the activity of the radio communications. Detection of these communications by a space-based surveillance system can provide early warning of this activity, warning that may be unavailable by other means.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
400 kilograms
213th
Mission
18th
Mission of 1978
1274th
Mission
83rd
Mission of 1978
119th
Orbital launch attempt