Status
Success
Cosmos 959
Launch Time
Fri Oct 21, 1977 10:05 UTC
Fri Oct 21, 1977 10:05 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 959
Cosmos 959 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 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1977
106th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
187th mission
21st mission of 1977
172nd successful mission
49th consecutive successful mission