Kosmos 7 (Zenit-2 No. 4 / Sputnik 17), a Soviet military film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Vostok-2 (8A92) from Baikonur successfully placed it in LEO for optical imaging; the capsule was recovered after about four days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 44 Vostok 8A92 flights
- Date and time
- 28 July 1962, 09:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-033
- Launches in 1962
- 40th of 81
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