Status
Partial Failure
Cosmos 542
Launch Time
Thu Dec 28, 1972 11:00 UTC
Thu Dec 28, 1972 11:00 UTC
Orbit too low.
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 542
Tselina is a Russian, formerly Soviet, military space-based radio surveillance system. It is capable of determining the exact location of radio-emitting objects and also their type, modes of operation, and how active they are. For instance, preparation for a military operation may raise the activity of the radio communications. Detection of these communications by a space-based surveillance system can provide early warning of this activity, warning that may be unavailable by other means.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,750.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1972
113th orbital launch attempt
Vostok-2
75th mission
5th mission of 1972