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Kosmos 1171 (Russian: Космос 1171 meaning Cosmos 1171) was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1980 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme and used as a target for Kosmos 1174 as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket from Site 132/2 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

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