NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Polyot-2

Launch Time
Sun Apr 12, 1964 09:30 UTC

Last flight of Polyot.

Rocket

Polyot
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 4,570 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 30.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.58 m
Fairing Height: 5.68 m

Mission Details

Polyot-2

Polyot-1 is a satellite of the IS constellation. The satellite is equipped with a radar to detect other satellites, and to move towards them, to potentially destroy them by exploding.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,450.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1964

23rd orbital launch attempt

Polyot

2nd mission
1st mission of 1964
2nd successful mission