Kosmos 1206, a Tselina-D electronic-intelligence (SIGINT) satellite for detailed Soviet military radio-source observation. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the craft in a low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.8 T
- Flight
- 72nd
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 15 August 1980, 05:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1980-069
- Launches in 1980
- 71st of 108
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