Kosmos-3M launched Kosmos 2285, an experimental Earth-observation satellite known as Obzor Test No. 1, from Plesetsk into low Earth orbit; its precise sensor payload and mission purpose were never officially disclosed by Russian authorities.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 900 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 403rd
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 2 August 1994, 20:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1994-045
- Launches in 1994
- 48th of 93
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