Kosmos 787 (Tselina-O #29), a Soviet electronic-intelligence satellite of the Tselina-O ELINT constellation. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the craft in LEO on 6 January 1976—the first orbital launch of the year—to monitor foreign radar and radio emitters.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 118th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 6 January 1976, 04:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-001
- Launches in 1976
- 1st of 131
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