Polyot 1 (I1 #1), the first Soviet free-flying orbital maneuvering satellite and ASAT propulsion test, launched on the maiden Polyot 11A59 from Baikonur; it demonstrated thruster burns without attempting an interception.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Sputnik 11A59 flights
- Date and time
- 1 November 1963, 08:56 UTC
- Rocket
- Sputnik 11A59
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1963-043
- Launches in 1963
- 55th of 69
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