Status
Success
Cosmos 1940
Launch Time
Tue Apr 26, 1988 03:15 UTC
Tue Apr 26, 1988 03:15 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1940
34Kh6 was an Soviet experimental geostationary satellite, which was positioned at 24° West. Possibly the purpose of Kosmos-1940 was to detect nuclear tests.
Reportedly it was built by VNIIEM and was based on the Meteor bus. The name Geofizika has also been associated with this satellite.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,400.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit
Location
Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1988
35th orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
158th mission
4th mission of 1988
132nd successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission