Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 388

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 388 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on December 18, 1970 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
December 18, 1970 at 09:39 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Kosmos 11K63
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
DS-P1-Yu 38

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
165 km
Periapsis
147 km
Inclination
70.92°
Orbital period
87.6 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
322.1 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1970-112A
NORAD catalog №
4811
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 10, 1971

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 10, 1971
Time in service
143 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed