Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:00:01
Thursday February 12, 1976
Cosmos 803 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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
460 kilograms
144th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1976
1000th
Mission
11th
Mission of 1976
15th
Orbital launch attempt