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Status

Partial Failure

Cosmos 1064

Launch Time
Wed Dec 20, 1978 20:43 UTC

Orbit too low.

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
Details

Mission Details

Cosmos 1064

It is a satellite of the Parouss constellation. These are military positioning satellites, used to give the position of Soviet and Russian submarines and ships. They have an accuracy of 100 meters, and are still operational today.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 580.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

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Stats

1978

123rd orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

214th mission
19th mission of 1978