Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar Site 107 launched France’s Signe 3 (D2B), a CNES solar gamma-ray and ultraviolet science satellite under Franco-Soviet cooperation, monitoring 20 keV–10 MeV gamma rays and two solar UV bands from LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 104 kg
- Flight
- 156th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 17 June 1977, 03:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 107/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1977-049
- Launches in 1977
- 50th of 130
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