Status
Success
Cosmos 1023
Launch Time
Wed Jun 21, 1978 09:27 UTC
Wed Jun 21, 1978 09:27 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1023
Cosmos 1023 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
1978
65th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
207th mission
12th mission of 1978
191st successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission