Status
Success
Cosmos 839
Launch Time
Thu Jul 08, 1976 21:08 UTC
Thu Jul 08, 1976 21:08 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 839
Cosmos 839 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
Stats
1976
67th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
153rd mission
15th mission of 1976
138th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission