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Kosmos 850
Soviet radar calibration satellite. Kosmos 850 was launched on August 26, 1976 aboard a Kosmos 11K63 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 16, 1977).
COSPAR 1976-084ANORAD 9387Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-850
- Common name
- Kosmos 850
- Payload designation
- DS-P1-Yu No. 79L
- Other names
- :C,:RC,11F618 No. 51011-139:RA
- International designator
- 1976-084A
- NORAD catalog number
- 9387
- GCAT identifier
- S09387
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.350
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DS-P1-Yu A
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-P1
Launch
- Date
- August 26, 1976 · 10:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-084Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 267 km
- Apogee
- 479 km
- Inclination
- 70.94°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 16, 1977
- Last known active
- May 10, 1977
- End of operations
- May 10, 1977
Size
- Mass
- 193 kg
- Dry mass
- 193 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q53634 (CC0).