Launch · COSPAR 1978-001 · 06 Jan 1978

COSMOS 974

Name: Launch 1978-001 — COSMOS 974
Start: 1978-01-06
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 974 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	10554	1978-001A	Decayed	LEO	173 / 316 km	62.81°	19 Jan 1978	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	10555	1978-001B	Decayed	LEO	157 / 235 km	62.79°	11 Jan 1978	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	10556	1978-001C	Decayed	LEO	183 / 309 km	62.82°	25 Jan 1978	—
COSMOS 974 DEB	10601	1978-001D	Decayed	LEO	168 / 266 km	62.83°	26 Jan 1978	—
COSMOS 974 DEB	10602	1978-001E	Decayed	LEO	172 / 289 km	62.81°	21 Jan 1978	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-001; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.