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Cosmos 1872
Cosmos 1872 was launched on August 19, 1987 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Aug 30, 1987).
COSPAR 1987-069ANORAD 18314Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1872
- Common name
- Cosmos 1872
- Payload designation
- Oblik No. 360
- Other names
- Zenit-8 No. 50L:P,17F116 No. 780-28-360:RA
- International designator
- 1987-069A
- NORAD catalog number
- 18314
- GCAT identifier
- S18314
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/171
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oblik
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Oblik
Launch
- Date
- August 19, 1987 · 06:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-069Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 247 km
- Apogee
- 384 km
- Inclination
- 72.87°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- August 30, 1987
- Last known active
- Aug 30, 1987
- End of operations
- Aug 30, 1987
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 Q12753493 (CC0).