Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:55:00
Tuesday August 28, 1979
Cosmos 1125 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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
800 kilograms
229th
Mission
13th
Mission of 1979
1348th
Mission
66th
Mission of 1979
81st
Orbital launch attempt