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Cosmos 1140
Cosmos 1140 was launched on October 11, 1979 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1979-089ANORAD 11573Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1140
- Common name
- Cosmos 1140
- Payload designation
- Strela-2M No. [32?]
- International designator
- 1979-089A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11573
- GCAT identifier
- S11573
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/029
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-2M
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-2M
Launch
- Date
- October 11, 1979 · 16:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 1979-089Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 767 km
- Apogee
- 790 km
- Inclination
- 74.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1981
- End of operations
- 1981
Size
- Mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 800 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907303 (CC0).