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Cosmos 1029
Cosmos 1029 was launched on August 29, 1978 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 8, 1978).
COSPAR 1978-082ANORAD 11012Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1029
- Common name
- Cosmos 1029
- Payload designation
- Gerakl' No. 99L
- Other names
- Zenit-4MKM No. 99L:P,11F692M No. 780-18-709:RA
- International designator
- 1978-082A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11012
- GCAT identifier
- S11012
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/015
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Zenit-4MKM
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-4MK
Launch
- Date
- August 29, 1978 · 15:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-082Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 169 km
- Apogee
- 312 km
- Inclination
- 62.81°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 8, 1978
- Last known active
- Sep 8, 1978
- End of operations
- Sep 8, 1978
Size
- Mass
- 2,400 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,400 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,100 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753067 (CC0).