Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 launched Kosmos 1168, a Tsikada civilian navigation satellite for the Soviet low-Earth-orbit constellation providing global position fixes for maritime and other users.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 217th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 17 March 1980, 21:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1980-022
- Launches in 1980
- 22nd of 108
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