Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar lofted Kosmos 1578, a Taifun-1B (Yug) radar-calibration target satellite used as a test target for Soviet air-defense and tracking systems.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 750 kg
- Flight
- 304th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 28 June 1984, 13:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 107/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1984-068
- Launches in 1984
- 68th of 129
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