NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 744

Launch Time
Fri Jun 20, 1975 06:54 UTC

Rocket

Vostok-2M
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 4,570 kN
Payload to LEO: 5,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 38.76 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.58 m
Fairing Height: 7.14 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 744

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 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1975

60th orbital launch attempt

Vostok-2

86th mission
2nd mission of 1975
75th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission