Zenit-2 78

Success Soviet Union, Voskhod

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Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterVoskhod
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Voskhod

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MissionGovernment/Top Secret · LEO

Government/Top Secret · LEO

What it put in orbit5 catalogued objects
ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 309 1969-098A Payload re-entered 1969-11-20
SL-4 R/B 1969-098B Rocket body re-entered 1969-11-22
COSMOS 309 DEB 1969-098C Debris re-entered 1969-11-26
COSMOS 309 DEB 1969-098D Debris re-entered 1969-11-25
COSMOS 309 DEB 1969-098E Debris re-entered 1969-11-30

COSPAR ID 1969-098. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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