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Cosmos 1942
Cosmos 1942 was launched on May 12, 1988 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jul 4, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-037ANORAD 19115Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1942
- Common name
- Cosmos 1942
- Payload designation
- Kobal't No. 839
- Other names
- Yantar'-4K2 No. 29L:P,11F695 No. 770-11-839:RA
- International designator
- 1988-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19115
- GCAT identifier
- S19115
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/185
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Kobal't
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-4K2
Launch
- Date
- May 12, 1988 · 14:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-037Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 170 km
- Apogee
- 346 km
- Inclination
- 67.14°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- July 4, 1988
- Last known active
- Jul 4, 1988
- End of operations
- Jul 4, 1988
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 Q12907530 (CC0).