Kosmos 807 (Taifun-1 #4, Vektor #4), a Soviet active radar-calibration target satellite. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the solar-cell-covered sphere in LEO to calibrate Soviet air- and space-defense radars.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 570 kg
- Flight
- 124th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 12 March 1976, 13:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1976-022
- Launches in 1976
- 23rd of 131
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