Kosmos 868 (US-P #4), a Soviet solar-powered electronic ocean reconnaissance satellite (EORSAT). Tsyklon-2 from Baikonur Site 90/20 placed the ~3.3 t KB Arsenal craft in ~420 km, 65° LEO to track naval vessels by their radio emissions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 28th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 26 November 1976, 14:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-113
- Launches in 1976
- 116th of 131
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