Strela-1M 201-208

Kosmos 1228 through 1235, an octet of Strela-1M store-dump military communications satellites for the Soviet armed forces. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed all eight craft in LEO for low-rate tactical message relay.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

480 kg

Flight

229th

of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights

Date and time

23 December 1980, 22:48 UTC

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Builder

Polyot

Launch site

132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

1980-102

Launches in 1980

105th of 108

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