Status
Success
Cosmos 1026
Launch Time
Sun Jul 02, 1978 09:30 UTC
Sun Jul 02, 1978 09:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1026
The Energiya satellites were an adaptation of recoverable Zenit / Vostok spacecraft for investigation of primary cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles in near-earth outer space. Two such spacecraft were launched in the 1970's to study high-energy cosmic rays. The scientific equpment carried measured 1.5 m × 1.145 m × 0.85 m.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,886.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1978
71st orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
111th mission
25th mission of 1978
106th successful mission
39th consecutive successful mission