COSMOS 1970 [GLONASS]
1988-09-16
Satellite information COSMOS 1970 [GLONASS] - GLONASS 29
| Spacetrack Directory Name | COSMOS 1970 [GLONASS] |
| Alternative name | GLONASS 29 |
| Group | GLONASS |
| Orbit launches |
1988-09-16 |
| Deorbitation |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 19111 km |
| Apogee | 19149 km |
Additional information COSMOS 1970 [GLONASS]
COSMOS 1970 [GLONASS], also known as Kosmos-1970, is a navigation satellite launched on September 16, 1988, from the TYSMC launch site using the Proton-K/DM-2 launch vehicle. This Uragan bus-based spacecraft has a configuration of 3-Axis stabilized and was manufactured by OAZ for the Soviet Union (SU). The satellite measures 4 meters in length, with a diameter of 1.5 meters and a span of 7.8 meters. It had a dry mass of 1200 kilograms and launched with a total mass of 1300 kilograms. Equipped with two deployable solar arrays and batteries for power supply, its purpose is navigation. The spacecraft has a shape described as Cyl + Ant + 2 Pan and an RCS (Reflective Coefficient Surface) value of 1.4365. Its mission lifetime was planned for 3 years.
satellite COSMOS 1970 [GLONASS] Date of exalting 16.09.1988y.ISS
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