Soviet Space Program

Zenit-2M/NKh 4

Soyuz U

SUCCESS

Success

Friday, July 27, 1979 · 07:30 UTC

Mission

/01

Civil version of the military Zenit-2M area surveillance reconnaissance satellite

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz U

Launch Pad

43/4 (43R)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.929° N, 40.457° E

142

Pad Launches

696

Location Launches

1331

Agency Launches

70

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