NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 1631

Launch Time
Wed Feb 27, 1985 12:56 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 1631

It is a satellite of the Taïfoun constellation. These are satellites used to calibrate missile guidance stations on the ground. They are sent in two versions, Taïfoun-1 and Taïfoun-2. They are built by Yuzhnoye.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 500.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1985

18th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

341st mission
3rd mission of 1985
318th successful mission
44th consecutive successful mission