Status
Success
Cosmos 426
Launch Time
Fri Jun 04, 1971 18:10 UTC
Fri Jun 04, 1971 18:10 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 426
Cosmos 426 is a satellite of the DS-U2 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, anti-satellites tests 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
Stats
1971
56th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
56th mission
10th mission of 1971
47th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission