Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:00:00
Tuesday September 25, 1979
Cosmos 1130 to 1137 are satellites of the Strela-1M constellation. These satellites operate as mailboxes: they remember the received messages and then resend them after scheduled time, or by command from the Earth. Some sources state the satellites are capable of only three months of active operation, but in accordance to others they can serve for about five years. The satellites are used for transmission of encrypted messages and images.
Low Earth Orbit
8 Payloads
400 kilograms
230th
Mission
14th
Mission of 1979
1353rd
Mission
71st
Mission of 1979
87th
Orbital launch attempt