MISSION NAME
Zenit-4MT 3 3
Status
Success
DATE
27 DEC 1972
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
41/1
Description
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
Soyuz 11A511M
Rocket Description
The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed in the 1960s by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union. It was commissioned to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soviet human spaceflight program, first with 8 uncrewed test flights, followed by the first 19 crewed launches.