Kosmos 661 (Tselina-O #24), a Soviet electronic-intelligence satellite providing wide-area ELINT for the dual Tselina system. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed the craft in ~525 km LEO to survey foreign radio emitters.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 88th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 21 June 1974, 09:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1974-045
- Launches in 1974
- 48th of 113
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