Kosmos 606 (Oko / US-K), a Soviet infrared missile-early-warning satellite for detecting ballistic-missile launches. Molniya-M from Plesetsk Site 41 placed the craft in a highly elliptical Molniya orbit on 2 November 1973 for the Soviet military.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 48th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 2 November 1973, 13:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1973-084
- Launches in 1973
- 91st of 116
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