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Kosmos 839
Soviet anti-satellite test target satellite. Kosmos 839 was launched on July 8, 1976 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1976-067ANORAD 9011Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-839
- Common name
- Kosmos 839
- Payload designation
- Lira No. 3?
- Other names
- 11F631 No. 670-11-106:RA
- International designator
- 1976-067A
- NORAD catalog number
- 9011
- GCAT identifier
- S09011
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.348
Mission
- Mission type
- Target
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Lira
- Owner
- PKO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Romb
Launch
- Date
- July 8, 1976 · 21:08 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-067Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 983 km
- Apogee
- 2,096 km
- Inclination
- 65.86°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1976
- End of operations
- 1976
Size
- Mass
- 1,045 kg
- Dry mass
- 925 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 23.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q53631 (CC0).