NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 1089

Launch Time
Wed Mar 21, 1979 04:13 UTC

200th flight of Cosmos-3M.

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 1089

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 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1979

27th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

221st mission
5th mission of 1979
204th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission