Kosmos 1124 Explained

Kosmos 1124
Mission Type:Early warning
Cospar Id:1979-077A
Satcat:11509
Mission Duration:4 years
Spacecraft Type:US-K
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Rocket:Molniya-M/2BL
Launch Site:Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Deactivated:09 September 1979
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Molniya
Orbit Inclination:63.0 degrees
Orbit Period:716.65 minutes
Apsis:gee

Kosmos 1124 (Russian: Космос 1124) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1979 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 1124 was launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 00:17 UTC on 28 August 1979. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1979-077A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 11509.

It self-destructed on 9 September 1979.[1]

The primary portion of it and several pieces of its debris still remain in orbit.[2]

See also

References

  1. Anz-Meador . Phillip . History of On-orbit Satellite Fragmentations 16th Edition. December 2022 . 25 .
  2. Web site: Cosmos 917 . n2yo.com . 22 May 2023.

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