Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 launched Kosmos 1171 (Lira/DS-P1-M), a Soviet anti-satellite test target into roughly 1,000 km LEO; later intercept attempts by Kosmos 1174 on 18–19 April all missed.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T
- Flight
- 219th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 3 April 1980, 07:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1980-026
- Launches in 1980
- 26th of 108
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