Kosmos 790 (Tselina-O #30), a Soviet electronic-intelligence satellite of the Tselina-O ELINT constellation. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the craft in LEO on 22 January 1976 to monitor foreign radar and radio emitters for the military.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 120th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 22 January 1976, 22:26 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-007
- Launches in 1976
- 7th of 131
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