Kosmos 1164 (russian: Космос 1164 meaning ''Cosmos 1164'') was a Soviet
US-K missile
early warning satellite which was launched in 1980 as part of the Soviet military's
Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using
optical telescopes and
infrared sensors,
however due to a launch failure, it was never used for the purpose.
Kosmos 1164 was launched from
Site 43/4 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 00:53 UTC on 12 February 1980.
The launch was unsuccessful and placed the satellite into
low Earth orbit rather than the intended
molniya orbit. It subsequently received its
Kosmos
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designation, and the
international designator 1980-013A.
The
United States Space Command assigned it the
Satellite Catalog Number 11700.
It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 12 February 1980, the same day it was launched.
See also
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List of Kosmos satellites (1001–1250)
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List of R-7 launches (1980-1984)
This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise.
Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles:
* List of R-7 ...
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1980 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.
Launches
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List of Oko satellites
Oko is a Russian satellite-based missile detection and early warning system. The system has used a total of 101 satellites, which were launched between 1972 and 2012. Eighty six US-K satellites, operated in semisynchronous elliptical molniya orb ...
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