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Status

Failure

DS-P1-M #1

Launch Time
Tue Dec 22, 1970 21:30 UTC

The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
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
Details

Mission Details

DS-P1-M #1

DS-P1-M #1 is a satellite of the DS-P1 constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 463.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

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Stats

1970

123rd orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

46th mission
13th mission of 1970
8th failed mission