Kosmos 1940, launched into geostationary orbit aboard a Proton-K/DM-2 from Baikonur as part of the classified Soviet SPRN missile early-warning network; Soviet sources described it as an atmospheric and ocean-research satellite, but Western analysts assessed it as an early-warning payload for detecting ballistic missile launches.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 22nd
- of 110 Proton K/DM-2 flights
- Date and time
- 26 April 1988, 03:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton K/DM-2
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1988-034
- Launches in 1988
- 35th of 121
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