Kosmos 838 (US-P #3), a Soviet passive ELINT ocean-surveillance satellite for naval targeting. Tsiklon-2 from Baikonur Site 90/19 placed the craft in LEO to track Western ships via their radar and radio emissions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 24th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 2 July 1976, 10:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-063
- Launches in 1976
- 64th of 131
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas