Kosmos 708 (Sfera #13 / Geoid), a Soviet geodetic satellite for mapping and Earth-figure measurements using flashing-light tracking. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the craft in a ~1,400 km LEO on 12 February 1975 for military geodesy.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 99th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 12 February 1975, 03:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1975-012
- Launches in 1975
- 12th of 132
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