Kosmos 1792

Kosmos 1792

Mission type	Reconnaissance (Film Photography)
COSPAR ID	1986-087A
SATCAT no.	17068
Mission duration	2 months
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Yantar-4K2
Launch mass	7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	13 November 1986, 10:59 (1986-11-13UTC10:59Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	5 January 1987 (1987-01-06)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	168 kilometres (104 mi)
Apogee altitude	309 kilometres (192 mi)
Inclination	64.9 degrees
Period	89.27 minutes
Epoch	20 November 1986[2]

Kosmos 1792 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1986. A Yantar-4K2 satellite, it operated for almost two months before being deorbited and recovered.^[3]

Launched at 10:59 UTC on November 13, 1986 using a Soyuz-U rocket flying from the Baikonur Cosmodrome,^[1] Kosmos 1792 was operated in low Earth orbit until it was recovered on January 5, 1987. In addition to the main spacecraft, two separable film capsules were also returned during the satellite's mission.^[3][4] The satellite had a mass of approximately 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb).^[5]

In November 1987, other spacecraft that launched that month besides Kosmos 1792 included Kosmos 1790, Kosmos 1791, Molinya 1-68, Gorizont No.22L, Kosmos 1793, eight Strela-1M satellites designated Kosmos 1794 to 1801, Kosmos 1802 and Mech-K No.303 - which failed to achieve orbit.^[1][6]

See also

• 1986 in spaceflight
• List of Kosmos satellites (1751–2000)
• Yantar (satellite)

References

• Christian Lardier; Stefan Barensky (2013). The Soyuz Launch Vehicle: The Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-4614-5459-5.

External links

• Gunter's Yantar-4K2

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