Status
Success
Cosmos 1171
Launch Time
Thu Apr 03, 1980 07:40 UTC
Thu Apr 03, 1980 07:40 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1171
Cosmos 1171 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
1980
26th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
240th mission
6th mission of 1980
223rd successful mission
26th consecutive successful mission