IS-GVM

The IS-GVM satellite was a mass model of the I2P interceptor satellites, which were launched as payload substitutes on some Tsiklon-2 evaluation launch.

The firt launch was orbital, while the second one was suborbital.

Nation:	USSR
Type / Application:	Dummy satellite
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Mass:	1300 kg
Orbit:

Satellite	COSPAR	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle	Remarks
Kosmos 291 (IS-GVM #1)	1969-066A	06.08.1969	Ba LC-90/19		Tsiklon-2
IS-GVM #2	N/A	01.11.1969	Ba LC-90/20	*	Tsiklon-2

Launch Sites:

Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, USSR

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