Kosmos 317 (Zenit-4MK #1, Germes #1), the first high-resolution Zenit-4MK film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the GRU. Voskhod from Plesetsk Site 41/1 on 23 December 1969; debut of the Germes series.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T
- Flight
- 113th
- of 299 Voskhod flights
- Date and time
- 23 December 1969, 13:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Voskhod
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1969-109
- Launches in 1969
- 123rd of 125
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