Kosmos 438 (Zenit-4MK #6 / Germes #6), a Soviet high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite launched on a Voskhod from Plesetsk for military optical imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T
- Flight
- 163rd
- of 299 Voskhod flights
- Date and time
- 14 September 1971, 13:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Voskhod
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-077
- Launches in 1971
- 86th of 133
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