Kosmos 839 (Russian: Космос 839 meaning Cosmos 839) was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme,[1] and used as a target for Kosmos 843 as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme.[2]
Mission type | ASAT target |
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COSPAR ID | 1976-067A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 09011![]() |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Lira |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 July 1976, 21:08 (1976-07-08UTC21:08Z) UTC |
Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
Launch site | Plesetsk 132/1 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 915 kilometres (569 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 2,053 kilometres (1,276 mi) |
Inclination | 65.9 degrees |
Period | 115.6 minutes |
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket,[3] from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 21:08 UTC on 8 July 1976.[4]
Kosmos 839 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 915 kilometres (569 mi), an apogee of 2,053 kilometres (1,276 mi), 65.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 115.6 minutes.[1] It was successfully intercepted by Kosmos 843 on 21 July. As of 2009, debris is still in orbit.[2][5]
Kosmos 839 was the third of ten Lira satellites to be launched,[1] of which all but the first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced.
Istrebitel Sputnikov programme | |
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Other targets |
← 1975 · Orbital launches in 1976 · 1977 → | |
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Kosmos 787 | Kosmos 788 | Helios 2 | Hermes | Kosmos 789 | Molniya-1 No.40 | Kosmos 790 | Kosmos 791 · Kosmos 792 · Kosmos 793 · Kosmos 794 · Kosmos 795 · Kosmos 796 · Kosmos 797 · Kosmos 798 | Kosmos 799 | Intelsat IVA F-2 | Kosmos 800 | CORSA-A | Kosmos 801 | Kosmos 802 | Kosmos 803 | Kosmos 804 | OPS 5140 | Marisat 1 | Kosmos 805 | Ume 1 | Kosmos 806 | Molniya-1-33 | Kosmos 807 | LES-8 · LES-9 · Solrad 11A · Solrad 11B | Kosmos 808 | Kosmos 809 | Molniya-1 No.42 | OPS 7600 | Kosmos 810 | Satcom 2 | Kosmos 811 | Kosmos 812 | Meteor No.37 | Kosmos 813 | Kosmos 814 | NATO 3A | Kosmos 815 | Kosmos 816 | OPS 6431 · OPS 6431 SSU-1 · OPS 6431 SSU-2 · OPS 6431 SSU-3 | LAGEOS-1 | Kosmos 817 | Molniya-3 No.16 | Comstar 1A | Meteor-Priroda No.2-1 | Kosmos 818 | Kosmos 819 | Kosmos 820 | Wideband | Kosmos 821 | Kosmos 822 | OPS 7837 | Kosmos 823 | Kosmos 824 | Marisat-3 | Kosmos 825 · Kosmos 826 · Kosmos 827 · Kosmos 828 · Kosmos 829 · Kosmos 830 · Kosmos 831 · Kosmos 832 | Kosmos 833 | Interkosmos 15 | Salyut 5 | Kosmos 834 | OPS 2112 | Kosmos 835 | Kosmos 836 | Kosmos 837 | Kosmos 838 | Soyuz 21 | OPS 4699 · OPS 5366 · OPS 3986 | Kosmos 839 | Palapa A1 | Kosmos 840 | Kosmos 841 | Kosmos 842 | Kosmos 843 | Kosmos 844 | Comstar 1B | Molniya-1 No.43 | Kosmos 845 | Interkosmos 16 | NOAA-5 | Kosmos 846 | Kosmos 847 | OPS 7940 | Luna 24 | Kosmos 848 | Kosmos 849 | Kosmos 850 | Kosmos 851 | Kosmos 852 | Ji Shu Shiyan Weixing 3 | Kosmos 853 | Triad 3 | Kosmos 854 | OPS 5721 | Gran' No.12L | Soyuz 22 | OPS 8533 | Kosmos 855 | Kosmos 856 | Kosmos 857 | Kosmos 858 | Unnamed | Kosmos 859 | Soyuz 23 | Marisat-2 | Meteor No.35 | Kosmos 860 | Kosmos 861 | Kosmos 862 | Kosmos 863 | Ekran No.11L | Kosmos 864 | Kosmos 865 | Kosmos 865 | Unnamed | Kosmos 866 | Kosmos 867 | Prognoz 5 | Kosmos 868 | Kosmos 869 | Kosmos 870 | Molniya-2-16 | Fanhui Shi Weixing 3 | Kosmos 871 · Kosmos 872 · Kosmos 873 · Kosmos 874 · Kosmos 875 · Kosmos 876 · Kosmos 877 · Kosmos 878 | Kosmos 879 | Kosmos 880 | Kosmos 881 · Kosmos 882 | Kosmos 883 | Kosmos 884 | Kosmos 885 | OPS 5705 | Kosmos 886 | Molniya-3 No.17 | Kosmos 887 | |
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