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Soyuz-U-PVB launch from Plesetsk (Soviet Union) on January 17, 1991, carrying 1 payload. GCAT records the launch as a success.

January 17, 1991 · 10:30 UTCLaunch 1991-004Launch no. 3,597 in the log
SpaceportPlesetskpad LC16/2
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyUNKSSoviet Union

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
January 17, 1991, 10:30
Launch designation
1991-004
Mission
Oblik
Flight name
Kosmos-2121
Vehicle flight ID
78023 -817

Orbit and payload

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

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Kosmos-21211991-004ANORAD 21059Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv RFOptical imaging2,655 kgLanded · Feb 10, 1991

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