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Cosmos 972
Cosmos 972 was launched on December 27, 1977 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1977-123ANORAD 10539Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-972
- Common name
- Cosmos 972
- Payload designation
- EPN No. 03.0380
- Other names
- Okean GVM No. 204:P,Okean GVM No. 670-48-204:RA
- International designator
- 1977-123A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10539
- GCAT identifier
- S10539
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.372
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Okean-E
- Owner
- Yuzhnoe
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- GVM
Launch
- Date
- December 27, 1977 · 08:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1977-123Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 712 km
- Apogee
- 1,159 km
- Inclination
- 75.83°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 1977
- End of operations
- December 1977
Size
- Mass
- 1,700 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,700 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12754088 (CC0).