Strela-1M 73-80

Kosmos 677–684 (Strela-1M #73–80), an octet of Soviet military store-dump communications satellites launched together. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed the eight small LEO satellites to relay messages for military users without real-time links.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

480 kg

Flight

92nd

of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights

Date and time

19 September 1974, 14:57 UTC

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Builder

Polyot

Launch site

132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

1974-072

Launches in 1974

78th of 113

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