Cosmos 434

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**Cosmos 434**
Orbital elements

Organization:	Soviet Union
Major contractors:
Mission type:
Launch:	1971-08-12 at 09:50:00 UTC
Launch vehicle:
Mission highlight:
Mission duration:	August 22, 1981
Mass:	7000 kg
NSSDC ID:	1971-069A
Webpage:	NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
Satellite of:	Earth
Semimajor axis:
Eccentricity:	.006643
Inclination:	51.6°
Orbital period:	89 m
Apoastron:	285 km
Periastron:	197 km
Orbits:
Lunar Landing:	n/a
Landing coordinates:	n/a
Lunar liftoff:	n/a
Instruments

Cosmos 434 was the final test of the LK Lander unmanned. It performed the longest burn of the three unmanned LK Lander tests. It finished in a 186 km by 11,804 km orbit. In 1980-81 there were fears that it might carry nuclear fuel. When in reentered over Australia on August 22, 1981 the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Australia admitted that Cosmos 434 was an “experiment unit of a lunar cabin,” or lunar lander.

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NASA Mir Hardware Heritage

v • d • e N1-L3 Moon landing program
Soyuz missions	Soyuz 1, Soyuz 2, Soyuz 3, Soyuz 4, Soyuz 5, Soyuz 6, Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8
Zond (Soyuz 7K-L1) Lunar missions	Zond 5, Zond 6, Zond 1969A, Zond L1S-1, Zond L1S-2, Zond 7, Zond 8
LK Lander test missions	Cosmos 379, Cosmos 398 and Cosmos 434
Hardware	N1 rocket, L3, LOK Command Ship, LK Lander, Zond, Soyuz