Status
Success
Strela-2M satellite
Launch Time
Mon Aug 30, 1982 19:55 UTC
Mon Aug 30, 1982 19:55 UTC
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 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1982
89th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
289th mission
20th mission of 1982
268th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission