Cosmos 1940

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:15:10

Tuesday April 26, 1988

Mission Details

Cosmos 1940

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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.

Geostationary Earth Orbit

1 Payload

2,400 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Proton K/Block-DM-2

Active 1982 to 2012

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Rocket

Height: 57.64m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 19,000 kg

GTO: 2,400 kg

Liftoff Thrust

9,548 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 10.4m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-K


158th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1988

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center


2192nd

Mission

28th

Mission of 1988

1988


35th

Orbital launch attempt