Launched Kosmos 2472, a Kobalt-M film-return optical reconnaissance satellite for Russia's military, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome; the craft returned imagery via re-entry capsules before its mission ended in October 2011.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 6.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 693rd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 27 June 2011, 16:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2011-028
- Launches in 2011
- 29th of 84
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