Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk placed Kosmos 1788, a Taifun-1 (Vektor) radar-calibration target, into LEO to support tracking and radar system tests for Soviet air and missile defense networks.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 570 kg
- Flight
- 332nd
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 27 October 1986, 12:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1986-083
- Launches in 1986
- 89th of 110
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