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Kosmos 1066
Satellite. Kosmos 1066 was launched on December 23, 1978 aboard a Vostok 8A92M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1978-121ANORAD 11165Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1066
- Common name
- Kosmos 1066
- Payload designation
- Astrofizika No. 1
- Other names
- 11F653 No. 210-55-529:RA
- International designator
- 1978-121A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11165
- GCAT identifier
- S11165
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/018
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology (probable)
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Astrofizika
- Owner
- MOM
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- All-Union Electromechanical Scientific Research Institute
- Platform (bus)
- Astrofizika
Launch
- Date
- December 23, 1978 · 08:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-121Success
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 821 km
- Apogee
- 895 km
- Inclination
- 81.24°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1981
- End of operations
- 1981
Size
- Mass
- 1,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,200 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3816563 (CC0).