Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk placed Kosmos 1727, a Tsikada civilian/dual-use navigation satellite, into LEO for the Soviet Tsikada constellation supporting ships and polar users.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 324th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 23 January 1986, 18:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1986-008
- Launches in 1986
- 8th of 110
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