Status
Success
Cosmos 459
Launch Time
Mon Nov 29, 1971 17:30 UTC
Mon Nov 29, 1971 17:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 459
Cosmos 459 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, anti-satellites tests and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 463.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1971
112th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
62nd mission
16th mission of 1971
52nd successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission