Kosmos 963, a Sfera (Geoid) geodetic satellite, launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 into a ~1200–1400 km orbit to refine Earth mapping accuracy with optical flashes and Doppler tracking.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 169th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 24 November 1977, 14:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1977-109
- Launches in 1977
- 114th of 130
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