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Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 23 Aug 1985, 10:33 pm UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2 (Tsiklon)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.