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Cosmos 851
Cosmos 851 was launched on August 27, 1976 aboard a Vostok 8A92M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 5, 1989).
COSPAR 1976-085ANORAD 9389Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-851
- Common name
- Cosmos 851
- Payload designation
- Ikar No. 6L
- Other names
- Tselina-D No. 6L:P,11F619 No. 510-26-506:RA
- International designator
- 1976-085A
- NORAD catalog number
- 9389
- GCAT identifier
- S09389
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.350
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-D
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-D
Launch
- Date
- August 27, 1976 · 14:34 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-085Success
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 565 km
- Apogee
- 635 km
- Inclination
- 81.21°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 5, 1989
- Last known active
- 1978
- End of operations
- 1978
Size
- Mass
- 1,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,750 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 13.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566927 (CC0).