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Cosmos 1079
Cosmos 1079 was launched on February 27, 1979 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Mar 11, 1979).
COSPAR 1979-019ANORAD 11283Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1079
- Common name
- Cosmos 1079
- Payload designation
- Feniks No. 9L? (926)
- Other names
- 11F624 No. 770-25-926:RA
- International designator
- 1979-019A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11283
- GCAT identifier
- S11283
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/020
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Feniks
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-2K
Launch
- Date
- February 27, 1979 · 15:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1979-019Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 170 km
- Apogee
- 323 km
- Inclination
- 67.14°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- March 11, 1979
- Last known active
- Mar 11, 1979
- End of operations
- Mar 11, 1979
Size
- Mass
- 2,886 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,886 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,600 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566478 (CC0).