Kosmos 422 (Zaliv #8), a Soviet Tsiklon-system navigation satellite launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk, providing Doppler positioning for naval and military users.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 680 kg
- Flight
- 37th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 22 May 1971, 00:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1971-046
- Launches in 1971
- 50th of 133
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