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Cosmos 1179
Cosmos 1179 was launched on May 14, 1980 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 18, 1989).
COSPAR 1980-037ANORAD 11796Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1179
- Common name
- Cosmos 1179
- Payload designation
- Taifun-1B
- International designator
- 1980-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11796
- GCAT identifier
- S11796
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/039
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Yug
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Taifun-1B
Launch
- Date
- May 14, 1980 · 13:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1980-037Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 300 km
- Apogee
- 1,539 km
- Inclination
- 82.97°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 18, 1989
- Last known active
- May 14, 1980
- End of operations
- May 14, 1980
Size
- Mass
- 750 kg
- Dry mass
- 750 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753146 (CC0).