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Soyuz-U launch from Plesetsk (Soviet Union) on August 19, 1987, carrying 1 payload. GCAT records the launch as a success.

August 19, 1987 · 06:59 UTCLaunch 1987-069Launch no. 3,208 in the log
RocketSoyuz-U
SpaceportPlesetskpad LC43/4
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyUNKSSoviet Union

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
August 19, 1987, 06:59
Launch designation
1987-069
Mission
Oblik
Flight name
Kosmos-1872
Vehicle flight ID
77011 -839

Orbit and payload

Initial apogee
388 km
Payload mass to orbit
6.3 t
Payloads
1
GCAT launch code
OS

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Kosmos-18721987-069ANORAD 18314Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh SredstvOptical imaging2,655 kgLanded · Aug 30, 1987

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.