Kosmos 102 (US-AO #1), a battery-powered prototype testing active-radar ocean-surveillance hardware that led to the nuclear-powered US-A RORSAT series. Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 from Baikonur LC-31/6 lofted it on 27 December 1965—the maiden flight of that hybrid launcher.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Soyuz 11A510 flights
- Date and time
- 27 December 1965, 22:24 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A510
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1965-111
- Launches in 1965
- 122nd of 124
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