Cosmos 1870
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:00:00
Saturday July 25, 1987
Mission Details
Cosmos 1870
The design for this spacecraft was based on the Almaz crewed orbital station (Salyut 2, 3, 5) with docking ports and some environmental controls removed. It was equipped with a 3GHz S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar. It was to store data on a tape and downlinked it via the Luch GEO satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
18,550 kilograms
Rocket
Manufacturer
KhrunichevRocket
Height: 56.14m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 20,100 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
9,469 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.15m
Height: 16.12m
Stages
3
Launch Site
Stats
Proton-K
147th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1987
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
2124th
Mission
59th
Mission of 1987
1987
68th
Orbital launch attempt