Status
Failure
Strela-2M satellite
Launch Time
Tue Oct 17, 1972 19:59 UTC
Tue Oct 17, 1972 19:59 UTC
The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.
Rocket
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: 800.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1972
88th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
78th mission
11th mission of 1972
10th failed mission