| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Gonets D1-3 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Russia |
| Operator/Owner | Gonets Satcom |
| Users | Commercial/Government |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Intermediate |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 1408 |
| Apogee (km) | 1417 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000578220366206232 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 82.6 |
| Period (minutes) | 114 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 240 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 120 |
| Date of Launch | 18-02-1996 |
| Expected Lifetime | |
| Contractor | NPO PM |
| Country of Contractor | Russia |
| Launch Site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Tsyklon 3 |
| COSPAR Number | 1996-009C |
| NORAD Number | 23789 |
| Comments | Commercial version of Strela (GRU) military system; store and forward communications satellites; will operate until 2004 or 2005; not a successful commercial venture. |