Status
Success
Cosmos 521
Launch Time
Fri Sep 29, 1972 20:18 UTC
Fri Sep 29, 1972 20:18 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 521
Cosmos 521 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 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1972
79th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
77th mission
10th mission of 1972
67th successful mission
20th consecutive successful mission