Status
Success
Cosmos 880
Launch Time
Thu Dec 09, 1976 20:00 UTC
Thu Dec 09, 1976 20:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 880
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 460.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1976
123rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
163rd mission
25th mission of 1976
148th successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission