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Cosmos 1008
Cosmos 1008 was launched on May 17, 1978 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 8, 1981).
COSPAR 1978-049ANORAD 10898Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1008
- Common name
- Cosmos 1008
- Payload designation
- Tselina-OK No. 3?
- International designator
- 1978-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10898
- GCAT identifier
- S10898
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/013
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-OK
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-OM
Launch
- Date
- May 17, 1978 · 14:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-049Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 495 km
- Apogee
- 547 km
- Inclination
- 74.05°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 8, 1981
- Last known active
- 1979
- End of operations
- 1979
Size
- Mass
- 434 kg
- Dry mass
- 434 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753055 (CC0).