Kosmos 103 (Strela-2 #1), the first prototype of the Soviet military store-dump communications satellite series. Kosmos-1 65S3 from Baikonur LC-41/15 launched it into LEO on 28 December 1965; it was the final flight of the Kosmos-1 rocket.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 8th
- of 8 Kosmos 65S3 flights
- Date and time
- 28 December 1965, 12:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 65S3
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 41/15, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1965-112
- Launches in 1965
- 124th of 124
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