Kosmos 842 (Sfera #15), a Soviet geodetic satellite of the Sfera series. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the craft in LEO to refine the Earth’s gravitational field and support mapping for military and civilian users.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 134th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 21 July 1976, 10:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1976-070
- Launches in 1976
- 71st of 131
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