Status
Success
Cosmos 893
Launch Time
Tue Feb 15, 1977 11:00 UTC
Tue Feb 15, 1977 11:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 893
Cosmos 893 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
1977
11th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
169th mission
3rd mission of 1977
154th successful mission
31st consecutive successful mission