Meteor-1 6 (16L), a Soviet first-generation meteorological satellite launched on a Vostok-2M from Plesetsk to observe cloud cover and weather systems from polar LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 17th
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 15 October 1970, 11:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1970-085
- Launches in 1970
- 93rd of 124
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