Kosmos 1977 (russian: Космос 1977 meaning ''Cosmos 1977'') is a Soviet
US-K missile
early warning satellite which was launched in 1988 as part of the Soviet military's
Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using
optical telescopes and
infrared sensors.
Kosmos 1977 was launched from
Site 41/1 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 18:02 UTC on 25 October 1988.
The launch successfully placed the satellite into a
molniya orbit. It subsequently received its
Kosmos
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designation, and the
international designator 1988-096A.
The
United States Space Command assigned it the
Satellite Catalog Number 19608.
See also
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List of Kosmos satellites (1751–2000)
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List of R-7 launches (1985–1989)
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1988 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.
Launches
Deep-space rendezvous
There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.
References
Footnotes
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1988 in spaceflight,
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List of Oko satellites
Oko is a Russian satellite-based missile detection and early warning system. The system has used a total of 101 satellites, which were launched between 1972 and 2012. Eighty six US-K satellites, operated in semisynchronous elliptical molniya orb ...
References
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{{Orbital launches in 1988
Kosmos satellites
Spacecraft launched in 1988
Oko
Spacecraft launched by Molniya-M rockets
1988 in the Soviet Union