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Cosmos 940
Cosmos 940 was launched on August 24, 1977 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1977-079BNORAD 10286Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-940
- Common name
- Cosmos 940
- Payload designation
- Strela-1M Blok 17 No. 2
- International designator
- 1977-079B
- NORAD catalog number
- 10286
- GCAT identifier
- S10286
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.367
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-1M
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-1 11F625
Launch
- Date
- August 24, 1977 · 18:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1977-079Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,394 km
- Apogee
- 1,462 km
- Inclination
- 74.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1979
- End of operations
- 1979
Size
- Mass
- 60 kg
- Dry mass
- 60 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566939 (CC0).