Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Meteor-2 6

Name: Soviet Space Program Vostok 8A92M Meteor-2 6
Start: 1980-09-09T11:00:00.000Z
Location: 43/3 (43L)

Vostok 8A92M

Status

Success

Date

9 SEP 1980

11:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

43/3 (43L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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