Photo: Минобороны России · CC BY 4.0

Tsikada 15

Success Soviet Union, Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

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Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterKosmos-3M (11K65M)
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Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

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MissionNavigation · LEO

Navigation · LEO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 1816 1987-009A Payload 959 × 1006 km · 82.9° Globe
SL-8 R/B 1987-009B Rocket body 950 × 998 km · 82.9° Globe

COSPAR ID 1987-009. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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