Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Tselina-D 27

Name: Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Tselina-D 27
Start: 1980-11-21T11:53:00.000Z
Location: 43/3 (43L)

Vostok 8A92M

Status

Success

Date

21 NOV 1980

11:53

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

43/3 (43L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Rocket

Vostok 8A92M

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Vostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme.

Height

30.84 m

Diameter

2.99 m

Launch Mass

282 T

Thrust

3,996 kN