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Cosmos 1973
Cosmos 1973 was launched on September 22, 1988 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 10, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-088ANORAD 19521Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1973
- Common name
- Cosmos 1973
- Payload designation
- Oblik No. 379
- Other names
- Zenit-8 No. 69L:P,17F116 No. 760-35-379:RA
- International designator
- 1988-088A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19521
- GCAT identifier
- S19521
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/195
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oblik
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Oblik
Launch
- Date
- September 22, 1988 · 10:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-088Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC16/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 356 km
- Apogee
- 414 km
- Inclination
- 72.86°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 10, 1988
- Last known active
- Oct 10, 1988
- End of operations
- Oct 10, 1988
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 Q13566743 (CC0).