Status
Success
Cosmos 1140
Launch Time
Thu Oct 11, 1979 16:36 UTC
Thu Oct 11, 1979 16:36 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1140
Cosmos 1140 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 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1979
92nd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
231st mission
15th mission of 1979
214th successful mission
17th consecutive successful mission