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Cosmos 1044
Cosmos 1044 was launched on October 17, 1978 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 30, 1978).
COSPAR 1978-097ANORAD 11065Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1044
- Common name
- Cosmos 1044
- Payload designation
- Gektor No. 95L
- Other names
- Zenit-2M No. 95L:P,11F690 No. 770-25-125:RA
- International designator
- 1978-097A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11065
- GCAT identifier
- S11065
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/017
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Zenit-2M
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-2M
Launch
- Date
- October 17, 1978 · 15:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-097Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 202 km
- Apogee
- 289 km
- Inclination
- 62.83°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 30, 1978
- Last known active
- Oct 30, 1978
- End of operations
- Oct 30, 1978
Size
- Mass
- 2,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,400 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907270 (CC0).