Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B #3 / Yug #3), a Soviet radar-calibration target satellite. Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar placed the craft in LEO so ground and ship radars could track a known object for calibration.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 750 kg
- Flight
- 268th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 21 October 1982, 14:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 107/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1982-104
- Launches in 1982
- 110th of 129
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