Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:08:00
Thursday July 8, 1976
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
460 kilograms
153rd
Mission
15th
Mission of 1976
1037th
Mission
48th
Mission of 1976
67th
Orbital launch attempt