Tsyklon-2 from Baikonur Site 90 launched Kosmos 1220, a US-P (EORSAT) passive electronic ocean-reconnaissance satellite for the Soviet Navy that tracked naval forces by intercepting shipborne radar and radio emissions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 43rd
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 4 November 1980, 15:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1980-089
- Launches in 1980
- 91st of 108
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