Kosmos 933, a Taifun-1 (Vektor) active radar-calibration satellite, launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 into LEO to provide a calibrated spherical target for Soviet radar tracking systems.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 570 kg
- Flight
- 162nd
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 22 July 1977, 10:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1977-070
- Launches in 1977
- 71st of 130
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