Kosmos 870 (Tselina-O #33), a Soviet general ELINT/SIGINT satellite of the two-tier Tselina system. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed the craft in LEO to survey radio emitters for follow-up by higher-resolution Tselina-D spacecraft.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 140th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 2 December 1976, 00:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-115
- Launches in 1976
- 118th of 131
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