Kosmos 959 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 146 kilometres (91 mi), an apogee of 850 kilometres (530 mi), 65.8 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 94.6 minutes.[1] It was successfully intercepted by Kosmos 961, as part of a non-destructive test. Following this, it decayed from orbit on 30 November 1977.[2][5]
Kosmos 959 was the sixth of ten Lira satellites to be launched,[1] of which all but the first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced.
kosmos, russian, Космос, meaning, cosmos, satellite, which, used, target, tests, anti, satellite, weapons, launched, soviet, union, 1977, part, dnepropetrovsk, sputnik, programme, used, target, kosmos, part, istrebitel, sputnikov, programme, mission, typeasat,. Kosmos 959 Russian Kosmos 959 meaning Cosmos 959 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti satellite weapons It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme 1 and used as a target for Kosmos 961 as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme 2 Kosmos 959Mission typeASAT targetCOSPAR ID1977 101ASATCAT no 10419Spacecraft propertiesSpacecraft typeLiraManufacturerYuzhnoyeLaunch mass650 kilograms 1 430 lb Start of missionLaunch date21 October 1977 10 05 1977 10 21UTC10 05Z UTCRocketKosmos 3MLaunch sitePlesetsk 132 1End of missionDisposalDeorbitedDecay date30 November 1977 30 November 1977 Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeLow EarthPerigee altitude146 kilometres 91 mi Apogee altitude850 kilometres 530 mi Inclination65 8 degreesPeriod94 6 minutes It was launched aboard a Kosmos 3M carrier rocket 3 from Site 132 1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome The launch occurred at 10 05 UTC on 21 October 1977 4 Kosmos 959 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 146 kilometres 91 mi an apogee of 850 kilometres 530 mi 65 8 degrees of inclination and an orbital period of 94 6 minutes 1 It was successfully intercepted by Kosmos 961 as part of a non destructive test Following this it decayed from orbit on 30 November 1977 2 5 Kosmos 959 was the sixth of ten Lira satellites to be launched 1 of which all but the first were successful Lira was derived from the earlier DS P1 M satellite which it replaced See also edit nbsp Spaceflight portal 1977 in spaceflightReferences edit a b c Wade Mark DS P1 M Encyclopedia Astronautica Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 3 June 2009 a b Wade Mark IS A Encyclopedia Astronautica Archived from the original on 22 January 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2009 McDowell Jonathan Launch Log Jonathan s Space Page Retrieved 3 June 2009 Wade Mark Kosmos 3 Encyclopedia Astronautica Archived from the original on 6 September 2008 Retrieved 3 June 2009 McDowell Jonathan Satellite Catalog Jonathan s Space Page Retrieved 3 June 2009 nbsp This article about one or more spacecraft of the Soviet Union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kosmos 959 amp oldid 1172648224, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
