Kosmos 900 (AUOS-Z-R-O #1, Oval), a Soviet space-physics research satellite with electron/proton spectrometers, ion traps, and auroral photometers. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed the ~1 t Yuzhnoye AUOS-Z craft in ~455×519 km, 83° LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 151st
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 29 March 1977, 23:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1977-023
- Launches in 1977
- 24th of 130
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