Meteor 1-08, a Soviet Meteor-1 series meteorological satellite for cloud-cover and weather imaging. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the craft in sun-synchronous LEO on 17 April 1971.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 21st
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 17 April 1971, 11:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1971-031
- Launches in 1971
- 34th of 133
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