Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Meteor-1 8 (21L)

Name: Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Meteor-1 8 (21L)
Start: 1971-04-17T11:44:58.000Z
Location: 43/4 (43R)

Vostok 8A92M

Status

Success

Date

17 APR 1971

11:44

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

43/4 (43R)

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