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Kosmos-1379

Mission type	ASAT practice launch
COSPAR ID	1982-060A
SATCAT no.	13281
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	IS-A
Manufacturer	TsNII Kometa
Start of mission
Launch date	18 June 1982, 11:04 (1982-06-18UTC11:04Z) UTC
Rocket	Tsyklon-2
Launch site	Baikonur 90
End of mission
Disposal	Intercepted Kosmos 1375
Destroyed	18 June 1982 (1982-06-19)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	140 kilometres (87 mi)
Apogee altitude	542 kilometres (337 mi)
Inclination	65 degrees
Period	91.35 minutes
Epoch	18 June 1982

Kosmos 1379 (Russian: Космос 1379 meaning Cosmos 1379) was a low orbit 'combat' satellite which was used by the Soviet Union on 18 June 1982 as an antisatellite demonstration; an exercise that the United States called a 'seven hour nuclear war'. Kosmos 1379 intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 1375 as a demonstration of Soviet anti-satellite capability. It was the last satellite to be launched as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme.

References

1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
3. Zaitsev, Yuri (6 November 2008). "Russia has lots of satellite-killing options available". UPI. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
4. Rhodes, Richard, Arsensals of Folly: The Making of Nuclear Arms Race, (London: Pocket Books, 2009), 152-154.

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