Kosmos 470 (Zenit-4MT #1 / Orion #1), the first Soviet topographic film-return photoreconnaissance satellite of the Orion series, launched on Soyuz-M from Plesetsk; also the maiden flight of the Soyuz-M booster.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 8 Soyuz 11A511M flights
- Date and time
- 27 December 1971, 14:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-118
- Launches in 1971
- 131st of 133
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