Kosmos 1065, a Taifun-2 radar-calibration satellite that released Romb sub-satellites simulating warheads for Soviet air-defense and sensor calibration. Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar Site 107 placed the stack in LEO for radar target work.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 194th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 22 December 1978, 22:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 107/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1978-120
- Launches in 1978
- 124th of 128
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