Kosmos 660 (Taifun-1 #1, Vektor #1), the first Soviet active radar-calibration target satellite—a ~2 m sphere used to check military radar and tracking sensors. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed the inaugural Vektor craft in LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 570 kg
- Flight
- 87th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 18 June 1974, 13:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1974-044
- Launches in 1974
- 47th of 113
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