Status
Success
Cosmos 2400 and 2401
Launch Time
Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:50 UTC
Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:50 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 2400 and 2401
Cosmos 2400 and 2401 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
2003
37th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
464th mission
2nd mission of 2003
435th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission