Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:36:00
Thursday January 26, 1989
Cosmos 1992 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
391st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1989
2264th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1989
5th
Orbital launch attempt