\<COLOUR 1> PAYLOAD: \<COLOUR 0> Medium-sized Cosmos satellites, military satellites
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Plesetsk Cosmodrome, northern Russia
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR/CIS
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Also called the SL-8 and C-1; developed from the IRBM (intermediate range ballistic missile) SS-5 'Skean'; operational since 1964; the SL-7 or B-1 launcher, also called Cosmos, preceded the SL-6: it also had two stages and was based on the MRBM (medium range ballistic missile) SS-4 'Sandal'.