Kosmos 816 (Taifun-2 #1), the first Soviet Taifun-2 radar-calibration satellite, which released about two dozen Romb subsatellites simulating warheads for ground-radar sensor calibration. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the stack in LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 126th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 28 April 1976, 13:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1976-037
- Launches in 1976
- 38th of 131
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