Dual Kosmos 881 and 882 (TKS-VA #1/#2), the first uncrewed orbital test of two Almaz VA reentry capsules stacked without FGB modules, launched together on a Proton-K from Baikonur Site 81/24; both recovered the same day.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 18.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 9th
- of 29 Proton-K flights
- Date and time
- 15 December 1976, 01:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1976-121
- Launches in 1976
- 124th of 131
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