Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
20:00:00
Thursday December 9, 1976
Cosmos 880 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
163rd
Mission
25th
Mission of 1976
1082nd
Mission
93rd
Mission of 1976
123rd
Orbital launch attempt