Kosmos 402 (US-A #2), a Soviet nuclear-powered radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAT) for tracking naval vessels. Tsiklon-2 from Baikonur LC-90/19 placed it in low Earth orbit on 1 April 1971; reactor boosted to storage orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.8 T
- Flight
- 8th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 1 April 1971, 11:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-025
- Launches in 1971
- 28th of 133
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