Status
Failure
DS-U3 satellite
Launch Time
Tue Jun 03, 1975 09:00 UTC
Tue Jun 03, 1975 09:00 UTC
The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.
Rocket
Mission Details
DS-U3 satellite
DS-U3 satellite is a satellite of the DS-U3 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 107/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia
Stats
1975
51st orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
127th mission
9th mission of 1975
13th failed mission