Kosmos 1215, a Tselina-O electronic intelligence (SIGINT) satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 into low Earth orbit to collect radio-frequency emissions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 226th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 14 October 1980, 20:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1980-083
- Launches in 1980
- 85th of 108
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