\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> October 12, 1982
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Proton
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> 19,069/19,070 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Unknown
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 1.4 tonnes?
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> First launch of a triplet of satellites in the Glonass (global navigation satellite system) series, which is still current; the satellites continue to be launched, three at a time, into 19,000-km orbits; they also carry laser reflectors for geodetic studies;.