Kosmos 923 (Strela-2M #15), a Soviet military store-and-dump communications satellite. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the ~800 kg craft in ~800 km LEO to relay messages for forces out of continuous ground-station contact.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 157th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 1 July 1977, 11:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-059
- Launches in 1977
- 60th of 130
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