Strela-1M 97-104

Kosmos 761–768 (Strela-1M #97–#104), an octet of Soviet military store-and-dump communications microsatellites. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed all eight craft in LEO on 17 September 1975 for tactical message relay.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

480 kg

Flight

110th

of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights

Date and time

17 September 1975, 07:10 UTC

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Builder

Polyot

Launch site

132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

1975-086

Launches in 1975

90th of 132

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