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Cosmos 787
Cosmos 787 was launched on January 6, 1976 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 12, 1980).
COSPAR 1976-001ANORAD 8530Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-787
- Common name
- Cosmos 787
- Payload designation
- Tselina-OM
- International designator
- 1976-001A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8530
- GCAT identifier
- S08530
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.341
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-OM
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-OM
Launch
- Date
- January 6, 1976 · 04:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-001Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 516 km
- Apogee
- 546 km
- Inclination
- 74.03°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 12, 1980
- Last known active
- 1976
- End of operations
- 1976
Size
- Mass
- 434 kg
- Dry mass
- 434 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907803 (CC0).