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Cosmos 1142
Cosmos 1142 was launched on October 22, 1979 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Nov 4, 1979).
COSPAR 1979-092ANORAD 11592Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1142
- Common name
- Cosmos 1142
- Payload designation
- Argon No. 15L
- Other names
- :C,:RD,Zenit-6 No. 15L:RC,11F645 No. 76047-445:RB
- International designator
- 1979-092A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11592
- GCAT identifier
- S11592
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/029
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Zenit-6
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-6
Launch
- Date
- October 22, 1979 · 12:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1979-092Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 351 km
- Apogee
- 416 km
- Inclination
- 72.86°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- November 4, 1979
- Last known active
- Nov 4, 1979
- End of operations
- Nov 4, 1979
Size
- Mass
- 2,655 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,655 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 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 Q12753127 (CC0).