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Date: 16 July 1965, 03:31 am UTC
Rocket: Kosmos 65S3 (Kosmos)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 41/15, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.