NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Strela-2M satellite

Launch Time
Sat Jun 27, 1970 16:39 UTC

The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

Strela-2M satellite

Strela-2M satellite is a satellite of the Strela-2M 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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 900.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1970

56th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

37th mission
4th mission of 1970
7th failed mission