Strela-1M 313-320

Kosmos 1794–1801, an eight-satellite Strela-1M military store-and-forward communications cluster, launched on a single Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk. The LEO constellation provided secure delayed-relay messaging for Soviet armed forces.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

480 kg

Flight

334th

of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights

Date and time

21 November 1986, 02:00 UTC

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Builder

Polyot

Launch site

132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

1986-092

Launches in 1986

98th of 110

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