Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 launched Kosmos 1000 (Tsikada #4), a civilian low-Earth-orbit navigation satellite of the Tsikada constellation providing Doppler fixes for Soviet merchant and fishing fleets.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 181st
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 31 March 1978, 14:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1978-034
- Launches in 1978
- 35th of 128
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