Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Meteor-1 10 (18L)

Name: Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Meteor-1 10 (18L)
Start: 1971-12-29T10:50:01.000Z
Location: 41/1

Vostok 8A92M

Status

Success

Date

29 DEC 1971

10:50

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

41/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

Rocket

Vostok 8A92M

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Vostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme.

Height

30.84 m

Diameter

2.99 m

Launch Mass

282 T

Thrust

3,996 kN