Kosmos 1792

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Kosmos 1792
Mission type Reconnaissance (Film Photography)
COSPAR ID 1986-087A
SATCAT № 17068
Mission duration 2 months
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Yantar-4K2
Launch mass 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 13 November 1986, 10:59 (1986-11-13UTC10:59Z) UTC[1]
Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur
End of mission
Disposal Recovered
Landing date 5 January 1987 (1987-01-06)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 168 kilometres (104 mi)
Apogee 309 kilometres (192 mi)
Inclination 64.9 degrees
Period 89.27 minutes
Epoch 20 November 1986[2]

Kosmos 1792 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1986. A Yantar-4K2 satellite, it operated for almost two months before being deorbited and recovered.[3]

Launched at 10:59 UTC on November 13, 1986 using a Soyuz-U rocket flying from the Baikonur Cosmodrome,[1] Kosmos 1792 was operated in low Earth orbit until it was recovered on January 5, 1987. In addition to the main spacecraft, two separable film capsules were also returned during the satellite's mission.[3][4] The satellite had a mass of approximately 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb).[5]

In November 1987, other spacecraft that launched that month besides Kosmos 1792 included Kosmos 1790, Kosmos 1791, Molinya 1-68, Gorizont No.22L, Kosmos 1793, eight Strela-1M satellites designated Kosmos 1794 to 1801, Kosmos 1802 and Mech-K No.303 - which failed to achieve orbit.[1][6]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 12 December 2013. 
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 12 December 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wade, Mark. "November 13". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 12 December 2013. 
  4. NASA - Kosmos 1792
  5. Michael J. H. Taylor - Jane's Aviation Review (1987) - Page 54 (Google Books link)

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