Meteor-1 12, a Soviet first-generation meteorological satellite for cloud-cover imaging and weather data relay. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk placed the craft in LEO for operational Earth-observation meteorology (COSPAR 1972-049A).
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 26th
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 30 June 1972, 18:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1972-049
- Launches in 1972
- 52nd of 113
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