Soviet Space Program

Zenit-2M 95

Soyuz U

FAILURE
Failure

Friday, February 16, 1979 · 15:00 UTC

Mission

/01

The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz U

Launch Pad

41/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.941° N, 40.527° E

155

Pad Launches

664

Location Launches

1284

Agency Launches

13

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