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Soyuz-U-PVB launch from Plesetsk (Soviet Union) on April 6, 1989, carrying 1 payload. GCAT records the launch as a success.

April 6, 1989 · 14:00 UTCLaunch 1989-029Launch no. 3,399 in the log
SpaceportPlesetskpad LC43/3
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyUNKSSoviet Union

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
April 6, 1989, 14:00
Launch designation
1989-029
Mission
Oblik
Flight name
Kosmos-2017
Vehicle flight ID
78039 -383

Orbit and payload

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

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Kosmos-20171989-029ANORAD 19923Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh SredstvOptical imaging2,655 kgLanded · Apr 19, 1989

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