NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 1725

Launch Time
Thu Jan 16, 1986 11:38 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 1725

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

Stats

1986

5th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

353rd mission
2nd mission of 1986
329th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission