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Cosmos 1006
Cosmos 1006 was launched on May 12, 1978 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 14, 1979).
COSPAR 1978-046ANORAD 10862Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1006
- Common name
- Cosmos 1006
- Payload designation
- Taifun-1A
- International designator
- 1978-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10862
- GCAT identifier
- S10862
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/013
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vektor2
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Vektor
Launch
- Date
- May 12, 1978 · 11:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-046Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 376 km
- Apogee
- 404 km
- Inclination
- 65.84°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 14, 1979
- Last known active
- 1979
- End of operations
- 1979
Size
- Mass
- 570 kg
- Dry mass
- 570 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753052 (CC0).