Status
Success
Cosmos 909
Launch Time
Thu May 19, 1977 16:30 UTC
Thu May 19, 1977 16:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 909
Cosmos 909 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
37th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
174th mission
8th mission of 1977
159th successful mission
36th consecutive successful mission