NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2390 and 2391

Launch Time
Mon Jul 08, 2002 06:35 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
VKS RF
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2390 and 2391

Cosmos 2390 and 2391 satellite is a satellite of the Strela-3 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: 2
Total Mass: 450.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2002

36th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

460th mission
2nd mission of 2002
431st successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission