Kosmos 1792

{{Short description|1986 Soviet reconnaissance satellite}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Kosmos 1792

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| mission_type = Reconnaissance (Film Photography)

| operator =

| COSPAR_ID = 1986-087A

| SATCAT = 17068

| mission_duration = 2 months

| spacecraft_type = Yantar-4K2

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer =

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|7000|kg}}

| dimensions =

| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|13 November 1986, 10:59|timezone=yes}} UTC{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|author-link=Jonathan McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|accessdate=12 December 2013}}

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur

| launch_contractor =

| disposal_type = Recovered

| landing_date = {{end-date|5 January 1987}}

| landing_site =

| orbit_epoch = 20 November 1986{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|accessdate=12 December 2013}}

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|168|km|mi}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|309|km|mi}}

| orbit_inclination = 64.9 degrees

| orbit_period = 89.27 minutes

| apsis = gee

}}

Kosmos 1792 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1986. A Yantar-4K2 satellite, it operated for almost two months before being deorbited and recovered.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.astronautix.com/thisday/novber13.htm|title=November 13|first=Mark|last=Wade|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=12 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805145944/http://astronautix.com/thisday/novber13.htm|archivedate=5 August 2014}}

Launched at 10:59 UTC on November 13, 1986 using a Soyuz-U rocket flying from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kosmos 1792 was operated in low Earth orbit until it was recovered on January 5, 1987. In addition to the main spacecraft, two separable film capsules were also returned during the satellite's mission.[https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1986-087A NASA - Kosmos 1792] The satellite had a mass of approximately {{convert|7000|kg}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/1986/087A.HTM|title = 1986-087A - Kosmos 1792}}

In November 1987, other spacecraft that launched that month besides Kosmos 1792 included Kosmos 1790, Kosmos 1791, Molinya 1-68, Gorizont No.22L, Kosmos 1793, eight Strela-1M satellites designated Kosmos 1794 to 1801, Kosmos 1802 and Mech-K No.303 - which failed to achieve orbit.[https://books.google.com/books?id=35o9FOnHEqUC&q=%22Cosmos+1792%22 Michael J. H. Taylor - Jane's Aviation Review (1987) - Page 54] (Google Books link)