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Cosmos 850

NSSDC ID: 1976-084A

Description

Cosmos 850 was a Soviet DS type military satellite launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.

DS (Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik) were small satellites built by Yangel's OKB-586 / KB Yuzhnoye in the Ukraine for launch by the same KB's Kosmos launch vehicles. They were used for a wide range of military and scientific research and component proving tests.

Alternate Names

  • 09387

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1976-08-26
Launch Vehicle: Kosmos-2I
Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R
Mass: 400.0 kg

Funding Agency

  • Unknown (U.S.S.R)

Discipline

  • Surveillance and Other Military

Additional Information

Experiments on Cosmos 850

Data collections from Cosmos 850

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