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Kosmos 839 (Russian: Космос 839 meaning Cosmos 839) was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme and used as a target for Kosmos 843 as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.