Kosmos 170 (OGCh No.11), a Soviet Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) test of an orbital warhead reentry vehicle. R-36O (8K69) from Baikonur lofted it on 31 July 1967; after a short fractional orbit it deorbited toward the designated impact range.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 7th
- of 16 R-36O 8K69 flights
- Date and time
- 31 July 1967, 16:45 UTC
- Rocket
- R-36O 8K69
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 161/35, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1967-074
- Launches in 1967
- 82nd of 139
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