Status
Success
Cosmos 2390 and 2391
Launch Time
Mon Jul 08, 2002 06:35 UTC
Mon Jul 08, 2002 06:35 UTC
Rocket
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