Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
14:41:00
Tuesday April 5, 1988
Cosmos 1937 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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
800 kilograms
385th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1988
2188th
Mission
24th
Mission of 1988
30th
Orbital launch attempt