Soyuz-U launched Kosmos 2445, a Kobalt-M (Yantar-4K2M) film-return optical reconnaissance satellite for the Russian military and the last operational member of the Yantar series; it returned to Earth after 102 days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 68th
- of 70 Soyuz-U-PVB flights
- Date and time
- 14 November 2008, 15:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2008-058
- Launches in 2008
- 60th of 69
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