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Oblik

Soyuz-U-PVB launch from Plesetsk (Soviet Union) on May 5, 1989, carrying 1 payload. GCAT records the launch as a success.

May 5, 1989 · 13:00 UTCLaunch 1989-034Launch no. 3,404 in the log
SpaceportPlesetskpad LC16/2
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyUNKSSoviet Union

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
May 5, 1989, 13:00
Launch designation
1989-034
Mission
Oblik
Flight name
Kosmos-2019
Vehicle flight ID
77059 -394

Orbit and payload

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

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Kosmos-20191989-034ANORAD 19972Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh SredstvOptical imaging2,655 kgLanded · May 18, 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.