Kosmos 304 (Zaliv #4), a Soviet military navigation satellite of the Tsiklon/Parus family launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk into low Earth orbit to provide positioning data for naval and military users.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 795 kg
- Flight
- 15th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 21 October 1969, 12:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1969-091
- Launches in 1969
- 104th of 125
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