Kosmos-3M placed the primary Tsikada-1 (Nadezhda) navigation satellite in orbit from Plesetsk, riding alongside Sweden's Faisat-1 communications satellite and the Astrid-1 microsatellite for auroral and radiation-belt research — the first commercial rideshare flown on a Kosmos-3M.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 940 kg
- Flight
- 406th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 24 January 1995, 03:54 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1995-002
- Launches in 1995
- 3rd of 80
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