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Cosmos 398
Lunar lander test, ionosphere meter.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar lander test, ionosphere meter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1971-016; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 February 1971, 05:06:21 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz 11A511L
- Orbit
- Medium Earth orbit
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 2 March 1971
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 398
Lunar lander test, ionosphere meter.
- GCAT ID
- S04966
- Manufacturer
- Tsentral'niy KB Ekspermental'novo Mashinostroeniya
- Launch mass
- 1,170 kg
- Dimensions
- 5.2 m long · 3 m diameter · 5.2 m span
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