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Zenit-4MKM 15

Success Soviet Union, Soyuz U

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High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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to orbit0 km1,150 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 boosterSoyuz U
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Soyuz U

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MissionGovernment/Top Secret · LEO

Government/Top Secret · LEO

What it put in orbit5 catalogued objects
ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 1003 1978-040A Payload re-entered 1978-05-04
SL-4 R/B 1978-040B Rocket body re-entered 1978-04-23
SL-4 DEB 1978-040C Debris re-entered 1978-04-22
COSMOS 1003 DEB 1978-040D Debris re-entered 1978-05-04
COSMOS 1003 DEB 1978-040E Debris re-entered 1978-05-04

COSPAR ID 1978-040. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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