Kosmos 381
Appearance
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Mission type | Communications |
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COSPAR ID | 1970-102A |
SATCAT no. | 04783 |
Mission duration | 53 years, 7 months, 11 days (in orbit) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Ionosfernaya |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 2, 1970, 04:00 UTC |
Rocket | Kosmos-3M 11K65M |
Launch site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
End of mission | |
Decay date | in 1,200 years (planned) |
Cosmos 381 (Russian: Космос 381) satellite provided data on the physical characteristics of the layers of the Earth's Ionosphere using a Mayak radio transmitter. The study covered almost the entire global surface.[1]
Launch
[edit]It was launched to a Low Earth Orbit by a Kosmos-3 rocket (11K65M) from the LC–132/2 starting point at Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 2 December 1970.
Orbit
[edit]Orbit was 971 x 1013km. Inclination 74 degrees. Decay into the Earth's atmosphere is expected after about 1,200 years.[1]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Űrhajózási lexikon. Chief editor Iván Almár. Budapest: Akadémiai – Zrínyi. 1981. ISBN 963 05 2348 5
- Lib.Cas
- Nasa-Gsfc
- Astronautix
References
[edit]- ^ a b Janes Spaceflight Directory (1987) ISBN 0-7106-0838-1 p. 206