Cosmos-3M | DS-P1 satellite

Status

Failure

DS-P1 satellite

Launch Time
Fri Dec 19, 1975 14:00 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 satellite

DS-P1 satellite 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: 460.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

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Stats

1975

128th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

138th mission

20th mission of 1975

14th failed mission