Status
Success
Cosmos 1125
Launch Time
Tue Aug 28, 1979 00:55 UTC
Tue Aug 28, 1979 00:55 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1125
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 800.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1979
81st orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
229th mission
13th mission of 1979
212th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission