Kosmos 1977

Kosmos 1977
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Early warning
COSPAR ID	1988-096A
SATCAT no.	19608
Mission duration	4 years


Spacecraft type	US-K
Launch mass	1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	25 October 1988, 18:02 (1988-10-25UTC18:02Z) UTC
Rocket	Molniya-M/2BL
Launch site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Molniya
Perigee altitude	654 kilometres (406 mi)
Apogee altitude	39,703 kilometres (24,670 mi)
Inclination	62.9 degrees
Period	717.82 minutes

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 designation, and the international designator 1988-096A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 19608.

References

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v t e Oko programme
US-K	Kosmos 520 Kosmos 606 Kosmos 665 Kosmos 706 Kosmos 862 Kosmos 903 Kosmos 917 Kosmos 931 Kosmos 1024 Kosmos 1030 Kosmos 1109 Kosmos 1124 Kosmos 1164 Kosmos 1172 Kosmos 1188 Kosmos 1191 Kosmos 1217 Kosmos 1223 Kosmos 1247 Kosmos 1261 Kosmos 1278 Kosmos 1285 Kosmos 1317 Kosmos 1341 Kosmos 1348 Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1382 Kosmos 1409 Kosmos 1456 Kosmos 1481 Kosmos 1518 Kosmos 1541 Kosmos 1547 Kosmos 1569 Kosmos 1581 Kosmos 1586 Kosmos 1596 Kosmos 1604 Kosmos 1658 Kosmos 1661 Kosmos 1675 Kosmos 1684 Kosmos 1687 Kosmos 1698 Kosmos 1701 Kosmos 1729 Kosmos 1761 Kosmos 1774 Kosmos 1783 Kosmos 1785 Kosmos 1793 Kosmos 1806 Kosmos 1849 Kosmos 1851 Kosmos 1903 Kosmos 1922 Kosmos 1966 Kosmos 1974 Kosmos 1977 Kosmos 2001 Kosmos 2050 Kosmos 2063 Kosmos 2076 Kosmos 2084 Kosmos 2087 Kosmos 2097 Kosmos 2105 Kosmos 2176 Kosmos 2196 Kosmos 2217 Kosmos 2222 Kosmos 2232 Kosmos 2241 Kosmos 2261 Kosmos 2286 Kosmos 2312 Kosmos 2340 Kosmos 2342 Kosmos 2351 Kosmos 2368 Kosmos 2388 Kosmos 2393 Kosmos 2422 Kosmos 2430 Kosmos 2446 Kosmos 2469
US-KS	Kosmos 775 Kosmos 1546 Kosmos 1629 Kosmos 1894 Kosmos 2155 Kosmos 2209 Kosmos 2345
US-KMO	Kosmos 2133 Kosmos 2224 Kosmos 2282 Kosmos 2350 Kosmos 2379 Kosmos 2397 Kosmos 2440 Kosmos 2479
List of satellites

v t e ← 1987 Orbital launches in 1988 1989 →
January	Kosmos 1908 Kosmos 1909, Kosmos 1910, Kosmos 1911, Kosmos 1912, Kosmos 1913, Kosmos 1914 Gorizont No.25L Progress 34 Kosmos 1915 Meteor-2 No.20
February	USA-29 Kosmos 1916 USA-30 Kosmos 1919, Kosmos 1917, Kosmos 1918 Kosmos 1920 Kosmos 1921 Sakura 3a Kosmos 1922
March	Zhongxing-1 Kosmos 1923 Kosmos 1924, Kosmos 1925, Kosmos 1926, Kosmos 1927, Kosmos 1928, Kosmos 1929, Kosmos 1930, Kosmos 1931 Molniya-1 No.65 Spacenet 3R, Telecom 1C Kosmos 1932 Kosmos 1933 IRS-1A Molniya-1 No.64 Kosmos 1934 Progress 35 Kosmos 1935 San Marco 5 Kosmos 1936 Gorizont No.26L
April	Kosmos 1937 Kosmos 1938 Foton No.4L Kosmos 1939 Transit-O 23, Transit-O 32 Kosmos 1940 Kosmos 1941
May	Ekran No.31L Kosmos 1942 Progress 36 Kosmos 1943 Intelsat VA F-13 Kosmos 1944 Kosmos 1945 Kosmos 1946, Kosmos 1947, Kosmos 1948 Molniya-3 No.49 Kosmos 1949 Kosmos 1950 Kosmos 1951
June	Soyuz TM-5 Kosmos 1952 Kosmos 1953 Meteosat 3, PAS-1, OSCAR-13 Nova 2 Kosmos 1954 Kosmos 1955 Kosmos 1956
July	Okean-O1 No.5 Kosmos 1957 Fobos 1 Unnamed Fobos 2 SROSS-B Kosmos 1958 Progress 37 Kosmos 1959 INSAT-1C, ECS-5 Meteor-3 No.3 Resurs-F1 No.30 Kosmos 1960
August	Kosmos 1961 Fanhui Shi Weixing I-02 Kosmos 1962 Molniya-1 No.66 Kosmos 1963 Gorizont No.28L Kosmos 1964 Kosmos 1965 Transit-O 25, Transit-O 31 Soyuz TM-6 Kosmos 1966
September	USA-31 USA-32 Kosmos 1967 Fengyun I-01 GStar-3, SBS-5 Kosmos 1968 Progress 38 Kosmos 1969 Kosmos 1970, Kosmos 1971, Kosmos 1972 Sakura 3b Ofek-1 Kosmos 1973 NOAA-11 Molniya-3 No.51 STS-26 (TDRS-3)
October	Kosmos 1974 Kosmos 1975 Kosmos 1976 Gran' No.34L Kosmos 1977 Kosmos 1978 TDF 1
November	USA-33 Unnamed Buran 1K1 (37KB No.3770) Kosmos 1979 Kosmos 1980 Kosmos 1981 Soyuz TM-7 Kosmos 1982
December	STS-27 (USA-34) Kosmos 1983 Ekran-M No.12L Skynet 4B, Astra 1A Kosmos 1984 Zhongxing-2 Molniya-3 No.52 Kosmos 1985 Progress 39 Molniya-1 No.63 Kosmos 1986
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

Kosmos 1977

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