Status
Success
Cosmos 1215
Launch Time
Tue Oct 14, 1980 20:41 UTC
Tue Oct 14, 1980 20:41 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1215
Cosmos 1215 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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 400.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1980
85th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
247th mission
13th mission of 1980
230th successful mission
33rd consecutive successful mission