Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Space station. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1973-026; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 11 May 1973, 00:20:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 11 May 1973
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 557
Space station.
- GCAT ID
- S06498
- Manufacturer
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Launch mass
- 18,500 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-66
- Dimensions
- 13.1 m long · 4.2 m diameter · 13.1 m span
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